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Wintu still fight federal denial of tribal status and land rights
The Wintu, living near McCloud in the Village of Kerekmet, claim a historic lineage and sacred lands but are not federally recognized as a tribe. They argue recognition would protect sacred sites and aid against threats like Shasta Dam expansion, while critics call the process slow and politicized.
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Caleen Sisk-Franco
McCloud River
the McCloud
Kerekmet
Mark Franco
Senate
Department of the Interior
California
Interior Department
Washington
Alan Leventhal
San Jose State University
Lee Fleming
Interior
Gale Norton
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Schaghticoke
Connecticut
Fleming
Franco
Sisk-Franco
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Agriculture
Indian Health Service
Silk-Franco
France
Rebar
Shasta
Shasta Lake
Washington, D.C
Congressional
Congress
Wintu
Mark Miyoshi
McCloud
Bureau of Reclamation
Redding
Calif