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Tribal History
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The Pomo people still live in their ancestral lands in northwestern California. Their languages belong to the Hokan family, related to the languages of people from the northernmost part of the state southward
into Mexico and eastward into the Great Basin and the Southwest.
Along the Coast they made their living by gathering shellfish and fishing, relying secondarily on acorns and game;
along major rivers they were able to depend on king salmon and to some extent on acorns and game.
Today approximately 9,00 Pomo people live on or near the Big Valley, Cloverdale, Dry Creek, Grindstone, Guidiville, Hopland, Lytton, Manchester/Point Arena,
Middletown, Pinoleville, Potter Valley, Redwood Valley, Robinson, Scotts Valley, Sherwood Valley, Stewart’s Point and Upper Lake Rancherias, the Coyote Valley and Round Valley reservations, and the Elom Indian Colony. |
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Today approximately 9,00 Pomo people live on or near the Big Valley, Cloverdale, Dry Creek, Grindstone, Guidiville, Hopland, Lytton, Manchester/Point Arena,
Middletown, Pinoleville, Potter Valley, Redwood Valley, Robinson, Scotts Valley, Sherwood Valley, Stewart’s Point and Upper Lake Rancherias, the Coyote Valley and Round Valley reservations, and the Elom Indian Colony.
Responding to public pressure, Congress in 1905 authorized and investigation of the living conditions of “landless” Indians. Beginning in 1906, legislation initiated by C.E. Kelsey, the lawyer and special agent appointed to lead the investigation, authorized annual appropriations for the purchase of Indian lands.
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While traditionally subsisting on native plants, fish and game, the Pomo were forced to enter the wage economy during the Depression.
Many Pomo women moved to the San Francisco Bay area and worked as domestics. There they were aided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pomo men, on the other hand, found local employment as migrant field workers and ranch laborers.
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BLACK BART CASINO BLONGS TO THE SHERWOOD RANCHERIA and is built on property next to the Sherwood Valley Rancheria’s Community Center.
The Rancheria's original location and land quality restricted the tribe’s ability to develop economically. The group’s new location has allowed tribal members to live in a tribal community, many for the first time, within an easy
commuting distance to a significant downtown area. Because of the new Rancheria’s small size, the tribe is in the process of purchasing more property.
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Black Bart Casino is a Native Owned Business of Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians.
Thank you for perusing the Black Bart Casino Website.
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