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    Tribal bid for federal recognition could pave way for LA area’s first Indian casino

    by Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times Dec 23, 2023 3 minutes
    County Supervisor Hilda Solis called for the county to“ clean house” of probation staff accused of sexual abuse after news of the lawsuits broke. In 2001, then- Rep. Solis sponsored legislation asking Congress to extend recognition to a different Gabrielino group in Los Angeles County. But the bill was“ shelved during the 9/ 11 crisis,” said Wallace Cleaves, a member...

    LOS ANGELES — A local tribe’s bid for federal recognition is getting a boost from organized labor and a member of Congress who recently introduced legislation that would extend acknowledgment status to the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation and create a 300-acre reservation within Los Angeles County.

    The tribe is one of a number of Indigenous groups whose ancestors first populated the Los Angeles Basin and who are seeking the ability to govern themselves on sovereign land. A bill submitted Tuesday by U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., would allow the Gabrielino/Tongva Nation to bypass a costly

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