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Wiyot Tribe

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The Wiyot Tribe runs a Sacred Site Fund to buy back land; news reports say Eureka returned 200 acres of Indian Island in 2019.

Kind
Tribal government
Native-led
tribal-government
Works with
Wiyot
Region
Humboldt Bay, CA
Focus
Stewardship of Tuluwat (Duluwat) Island, returned Oct 21, 2019
Vetting notes
Tribe's home page lists Tribal Office phone 707-733-5055; no donation page or foundation found. Contact the tribe before listing any giving channel.

What happened

The Wiyot Tribe's official website describes the tribe's home as the Humboldt Bay region of California, where it says Wiyot people have lived for thousands of years. Its Tribal Government page states the tribe's mission: to exercise tribal rights and promote the common welfare, to establish the supreme law of the Tribe, to provide for and protect its sovereign right to exercise self-government pursuant to its own laws, to protect and develop its lands and resources, and to promote and safeguard its aboriginal rights.

The tribe's website says the tribe established the Wiyot Sacred Site Fund to purchase back portions of Indian Island as they become available, along with other sites of religious or cultural significance. The tribe's Natural Resources department lists a Tuluwat Project, an environmental education program, fisheries and other environmental projects.

A major return to the tribe came from the City of Eureka. North Coast Journal reported that the City Council voted unanimously on December 4, 2018 to direct staff to finalize the transfer of 200 acres of Indian Island to the Wiyot Tribe, and that a ceremony of return was scheduled for October 21, 2019. Active NorCal reported that the city carried out the transfer in a ceremony on October 21, 2019. Those reports are outside accounts of a tribal land return, not statements by the tribe.

The tribe's site lists a tribal office phone number but no donation page. Contact the tribe before assuming any giving channel exists.

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What the sources say, and how this was checked

Supported by the sources below; some details rest on one source.

  1. to protect and develop our lands and resources, and to promote and safeguard our aboriginal rights as Wiyot peopleTribal Government - Wiyot Tribe
  2. the Wiyot Tribe established the Wiyot Sacred Site Fund to purchase back portions of Indian Island as they become availableWiyot Tribe, CA | Official Website
  3. unanimous and historic Dec. 4 vote to direct City Manager Greg Sparks to finalize the official transfer of 200 acresEureka Schedules Ceremony for Return of Duluwat Island to the Wiyot Tribe (North Coast Journal)
  4. During a ceremony on October 21st of this year, the city made the historic move that was 160 years in the makingCity of Eureka Transfers Indian Island Back to Wiyot Tribe (Active NorCal)

Research notes. The tribe's own pages read do not describe the 2019 return; the account is from two news outlets, one of which has garbled text. The record's October 21, 2019 date matches both. The Sacred Sites Fund page returned an error, so how the fund is run was not read. No donation channel found.

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Sources

  1. wiyot.us/self-description
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Sovereign government (no EIN needed); status per Federal Register list not checked this session
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Confidence
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