PREAMBLE to the CONSTITUTION of the POTTER VALLEY TRIBE
Our Core Values
- Family and Respect Each Other
- Elders and Community Members
- Tradition For Kindness and Giving
Our Mission
We, the members of the Potter Valley Tribe, pusuant to our inherent sovereignty as a nation, do hereby adopt and establish this Constitution for the purposes of providing for the health, safety, and welfare of our people, to promote our economy, to preserve, protect, and pass on our culture to future generations, to maintain community harmony, to achieve fairness and justice, to honor our traditions, our ancestors, and our elders, to assert and exercise our sovereignty, to affirm and build natural resources of our aboriginal land or any other acquired territory, to carry on enterprises for the benefit of our community, and to establish duties and rights of the citizens fo the Potter Valley Tribe living on or off-reservation.
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HISTORICAL POPULATION OF THE POTTER VALLEY TRIBE
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YEAR
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NUMBER OF MEMBERS
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POPULATION SERVED (estimates)
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SOURCE
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Pre 1850
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1500
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1500
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Guerrero, in ASI (2004)
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1855
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400
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400
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1908
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72
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?
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Office of Indian Affairs
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1913
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31
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?
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Membership Roll
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1916
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53
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?
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US Census
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1993
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29
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?
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Tribal Membership Rolls
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1999
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31
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199
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Tribal Membership Rolls
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2000
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42
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100
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HUD Housing Needs Inventory
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2006
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15
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34
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Tribal Membership Rolls
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2019
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6
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39
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Tribal Membership Rolls
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REFERENCES
Bell, Neil. (1988). A Brief History of the Redwood Valley Rancheria. Tribal Records, Redwood Valley Rancheria/Reservation, Redwood Valley, CA.ASI. (2004). A Short History of Potter Valley. A report by Archaeological Services, Inc, Kelseyville, CA
RESOURCES
Anthropological Studies CenterOffice: (707) 664-2381
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Rohnert Park, CA 94928
www.sonoma.edu/project/asc
asc@sonoma.edu
Fax: (707) 664-4155
Northwest Information Center – Historical Resources Information System – Sonoma State University
1303 Maurice, Rohnert Park, CA
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Phone: (707) 664-0880