Scott Gabaldon is an American Indian tribal leader without any land or, for that matter, an officially recognized tribe.
The 42-year-old contractor from Lake County is the chairman of the Mishewal Wappo Indians, a group composed of 357 descendants of the people who lived for thousands of years along the riverbanks and in the valleys of Napa and Sonoma counties where wine grapes now grow.
Federal recognition of the tribe was terminated a half century ago, and Indian land in Sonoma's Alexander Valley was given away, a government act Gabaldon claims was an egregious treachery he would like to rectify.Full Article At: http://bit.ly/Wappo
The 42-year-old contractor from Lake County is the chairman of the Mishewal Wappo Indians, a group composed of 357 descendants of the people who lived for thousands of years along the riverbanks and in the valleys of Napa and Sonoma counties where wine grapes now grow.
Federal recognition of the tribe was terminated a half century ago, and Indian land in Sonoma's Alexander Valley was given away, a government act Gabaldon claims was an egregious treachery he would like to rectify.Full Article At: http://bit.ly/Wappo