Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to vote on resolution opposing Koi Nation’s casino
EMMA MURPHY AND PHIL BARBER
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT April 4, 2022
The Koi tribe’s name comes from its original homeland, the village of Koi, and the name means “people of water,” according to Vice Chairman Dino Beltran.
The tribe was known as the “Lower Lake Rancheria” until a name change in 2012 to better reflect their cultural heritage.
The Koi tribe signed two treaties in 1851 and 1852 that were supposed to give them land, but those treaties failed to be ratified in Congress, and the Koi people were essentially left landless and squatting on an island, Beltran said.
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