APPENDIX A NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION

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APPENDIX A NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION Communications Tracking Log Faxed Request to Native American Heritage Commission Faxed Response from Native American Heritage Commission including List of Contacts Consultation Letters (n=13 initial letters and 13 updates) Written Responses (n=3: Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria [1 letter]; Tomaras & Ogas, Attorneys for the Lytton Rancheria [2 letters])

Transcript of APPENDIX A NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION

APPENDIX A

NATIVE AMERICAN CONSULTATION

� Communications Tracking Log

� Faxed Request to Native American Heritage Commission

� Faxed Response from Native American Heritage Commission including List of Contacts

� Consultation Letters (n=13 initial letters and 13 updates)

� Written Responses (n=3: Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria [1 letter]; Tomaras & Ogas, Attorneys for the Lytton Rancheria [2 letters])

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arch

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d no

Nat

ive

Am

eric

an c

ultu

ral r

esou

rces

in th

e im

med

iate

pro

ject

are

a; th

e C

omm

issi

on p

rovi

ded

a lis

t of p

eopl

e w

ho m

ight

hav

e kn

owle

d ge

of th

e ar

ea (s

ee b

elow

).

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ly le

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as se

nt 2

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y N

ick

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n, C

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an o

f the

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red

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s Pr

otec

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mitt

ee. T

he le

tter e

xpre

ssed

two

requ

ests

: th

at a

dditi

onal

co

nsul

tatio

n be

car

ried

out w

ith th

e le

ad a

genc

y re

gard

ing

the

proj

ect's

pro

ject

ed

dist

urba

nces

, and

that

a re

view

of c

ultu

rally

sens

itive

pla

nts i

n th

e pr

ojec

t are

a be

pr

ovid

ed. M

r. Ti

pon

also

exp

ress

ed c

once

rn a

bout

the

pote

ntia

l for

bur

ied

cultu

ral

reso

urce

s. 2/

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009

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phon

e -

left

voic

emai

l mes

sage

on

answ

erin

g m

achi

ne re

ques

ting

proj

ect i

nput

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leph

one

- 4:5

8 pm

Laur

ie c

alle

d to

say

that

they

do

not h

ave

the

lette

r of i

ntro

duct

ion

yet.

7/9/

2009

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r upd

ate

none

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Fede

rate

d In

dian

s of

Gra

ton

Ran

cher

ia

Nic

k Ti

pon,

Cha

irman

of

the

Sacr

ed S

ites

Prot

ectio

n C

omm

ittee

7/9/

2009

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r upd

ate

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icem

ail m

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n an

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estin

g pr

ojec

t inp

ut

7/9/

2009

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r upd

ate

none

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leph

one

- 2:3

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not s

ure

if th

ey re

ceiv

ed th

e le

tter o

r not

; he

said

he

wou

ld c

all u

s bac

k w

hen

he

foun

d it

7/9/

2009

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r upd

ate

none

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one

- 3:0

9 pm

left

mes

sage

with

rece

ptio

nist

; whe

n I c

alle

d ba

ck to

talk

to o

ther

peo

ple

belo

w, I

w

as to

ld to

talk

to th

e ch

air p

erso

n fir

st

Tele

phon

e - 4

:13

pmM

rs. M

ejia

said

that

she

was

the

only

one

who

nee

ded

to b

e co

ntac

ted

in h

er g

roup

an

d th

at sh

e w

ould

forw

ard

the

lette

r to

the

appr

opria

te p

erso

n to

day

(see

Tom

aras

le

tter b

elow

)7/

9/20

09Le

tter u

pdat

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elot

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rate

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ank

Ros

s

Mar

gie

Mej

ia,

Cha

irper

son

Lytto

n B

and

of P

omo

Indi

ans

The

Fede

rate

d In

dian

s of

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ton

Ran

cher

iaG

reg

Sarr

is,

Cha

irper

son

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e 1

of 3

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and

of P

omo

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ans

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nda

L. T

omar

as o

f To

mar

as &

Oga

s, LL

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009

Emai

led

Lette

r

Bre

nda

Tom

aras

of T

omar

as&

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s, LL

P w

as c

onta

cted

by

Lytto

n R

anch

eria

and

as

ked

to re

pres

ent t

hem

. The

lette

r sta

tes t

hat t

hat a

lthou

gh th

e Tr

ibe

had

no sp

ecifi

c in

form

atio

n co

ncer

ning

the

proj

ect a

rea,

it b

elie

ves t

hat t

he p

roje

ct fa

lls w

ithin

tra

ditio

nal S

outh

ern

Pom

o te

rrito

ry a

nd is

with

in te

n m

iles o

f the

Trib

e’s h

isto

ric

rese

rvat

ion.

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uch,

the

Trib

e be

lieve

s the

re is

a p

oten

tial f

or in

adve

rtent

di

scov

erie

s of c

ultu

ral r

esou

rces

dur

ing

grou

nd-d

istu

rbin

g ac

tiviti

es. O

n be

half

of th

e Tr

ibe,

Ms.

Tom

aras

then

requ

este

d th

at sp

ecia

l car

e be

take

n to

pro

tect

such

re

sour

ces s

houl

d th

ey b

e in

adve

rtent

ly d

isco

vere

d an

d th

at th

ey a

re c

onta

cted

im

med

iate

ly sh

ould

any

oth

er P

omo

site

s or h

uman

rem

ains

be

enco

unte

red

durin

g th

e ar

chae

olog

ical

surv

ey. T

he le

tter a

lso

stat

es th

at th

e Tr

ibe

requ

ests

that

they

hav

e th

e op

portu

nity

to re

view

and

pro

vide

com

men

ts o

n th

e cu

ltura

l sur

vey

docu

men

t w

hen

it is

com

plet

ed.

Lytto

n B

and

of P

omo

Indi

ans

Bre

nda

L. T

omar

as o

f To

mar

as &

Oga

s, LL

P7/

20/2

009

Emai

led

Lette

r

Ms.

Tom

aras

requ

ests

that

the

follo

win

g m

easu

res b

e im

plem

ente

d in

the

even

t hu

man

rem

ains

or o

ther

cul

tura

l mat

eria

ls a

re e

ncou

nter

ed d

urin

g co

nstru

ctio

n: (1

) th

at w

ork

ceas

e an

d a

qual

ified

arc

haeo

logi

st a

nd a

repr

esen

tativ

e of

the

cultu

rally

af

filia

ted

tribe

inve

stig

ate

the

find

and

mak

e re

com

men

datio

ns a

s to

treat

men

t and

m

itiga

tion

of a

ny im

pact

s, an

d (2

) tha

t the

Cou

nty

Cor

oner

be

notif

ied

imm

edia

tely

in

the

even

t hum

an re

mai

ns a

re e

ncou

nter

ed. S

houl

d th

ey b

e de

term

ined

to b

e pr

ehis

toric

, the

Cor

oner

shal

l not

ify th

e N

ativ

e A

mer

ican

Her

itage

Com

mis

sion

who

w

ill th

en d

esig

nate

a M

ost L

ikel

y D

esce

nden

t.

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9-

was

not

con

tact

ed b

y ph

one

per M

argi

e M

ejia

's in

stru

ctio

ns; n

o fu

rther

con

tact

in

itiat

ed.

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not

con

tact

ed b

y ph

one

per M

argi

e M

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's in

stru

ctio

ns; n

o fu

rther

con

tact

in

itiat

ed.

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not

con

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ed b

y ph

one

per M

argi

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stru

ctio

ns; n

o fu

rther

con

tact

in

itiat

ed.

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9Te

leph

one

- Er

ic W

ilder

no

long

er w

orks

ther

e; th

ere

is a

new

cha

irper

son,

but

I w

as to

ld to

send

a

new

lette

r to

Ben

Ray

, Trib

al A

dmin

istra

tor;

this

lette

r was

sent

2/1

7; n

o fu

rther

co

ntac

t ini

tiate

dSt

ewar

ts P

oint

R

anch

eri a

Ben

Ray

, Trib

al

Adm

inis

trato

r7/

9/20

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tter u

pdat

eno

ne

Eric

Wild

er,

Cha

irper

son

Lisa

Mill

er, T

ribal

A

dmin

istra

tor

Lytto

n B

and

of P

omo

Indi

ans

Vic

e C

hairp

erso

n

Lytto

n B

and

of P

omo

Indi

ans

Envi

ronm

enta

l Pla

nner

Lytto

n B

and

of P

omo

Indi

ans

Stew

arts

Poi

nt

Ran

cher

ia

Pag

e 2

of 3

App

endi

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ativ

e A

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ican

Con

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icat

ions

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g

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liatio

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ame

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onta

ct ty

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espo

nse

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tter

none

2/17

/200

9Te

leph

one

- Sp

oke

with

the

rece

ptio

nist

who

said

Mr.

Hop

kins

is o

ut o

f the

off

ice;

left

mes

sage

re

ques

ting

proj

ect i

nput

7/9/

2009

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r upd

ate

none

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/200

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tter

none

2/17

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leph

one-

2:5

8 pm

dire

cted

to th

e tri

bal e

nviro

nmen

tal p

lann

er (M

ario

Her

mos

illo

Jr.,)

; see

bel

ow2/

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009

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rno

ne

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leph

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- 3:0

0 pm

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dsor

is n

ot th

eir t

errit

ory;

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er in

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t; no

furth

er c

onta

ct

initi

ate d

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essa

ge o

n an

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mac

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estin

g pr

ojec

t inp

ut.

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2009

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r upd

ate

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cate

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etch

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cher

ia

of P

omo

Indi

ans

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io H

erm

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o Jr

., Tr

ibal

Env

ironm

enta

l Pl

anne

r

Ya-

Ka-

Am

ano

nam

e(s)

pro

vide

d

Dry

Cre

ek R

anch

eria

of

Pom

o In

dian

sH

arve

y H

opki

ns

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verd

ale

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cher

ia

of P

omo

Indi

ans

Patri

cia

Her

mos

illo,

C

hairp

erso

n

Pag

e 3

of 3

Parcel C

Parcel B

Parcel A

Parcels O0 0.5 1

Kilometers

Healdsburg 7.5 minute quadrangleT08N 09W secs.11 and 24

TOMARAS & OGAS, LLP 10755-F SCRIPPS POWAY PARKWAY #281 • SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92131 TELEPHONE (858)554-0550 • FACSIMILE (858)777-5765 • WWW.MTOWLAW.COM

Kathryn A. Ogas [email protected] Brenda L. Tomaras [email protected]

February 25, 2009

VIA E-Mail

Allika Ruby Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. 2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A Davis, CA 95618

Re: Windsor PG&E Substation

Dear Ms. Ruby:

Our firm represents the Lytton Rancheria of California with respect to cultural resources matters. Thank you for the letter regarding the above-referenced project. While the Tribe has no specific information which it could provide to you for inclusion in your report on this Project, it believes that the project land falls within traditional Southern Pomo territory and, in fact, lies less than ten (10) miles away from the Tribe’s historic reservation.

The Lytton Band is interested in the protection and preservation of Pomo artifacts and sites and believes that such cultural resources may be encountered during the project development. The Tribe believes that if there is any ground disturbance associated with the Project, there is a potential for inadvertent discoveries. The Tribe would therefore request special care be taken to assure the protection of any such previously undiscovered resources. In addition, if any other Pomo sites or human remains are encountered during your cultural survey, we would request that the Tribe be contacted immediately.

Once an archaeological or cultural survey is completed, the Tribe would request the opportunity to review and provide comments on the document.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or corrections at (858) 554-0550, ext. 1.

Very Truly Yours,

TOMARAS & OGAS, LLP

Brenda L. Tomaras

Brenda L. Tomaras Attorneys for the Lytton Rancheria

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