"The American Indian Reporter" (AIR) was originally designed to serve American Indian tribal members in lower California. Our newspaper continues to be the only tribal-produced newspaper dedicated to serving the 31 Indian reservations located in Southern California with today's local and national top breaking news in Indian country, for OP-ED, community-based feature stories and niche advertising.

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We are currently expanding our news coverage nationally to include central and northern California, as well as the 562 Native American tribes in the United States through our network of tribal websites and electronic delivery options.

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The American Indian Reporter leaders actively seek to strengthen tribal voices and assist the next generation of Native American writers, leaders, photographers, social media correspondents and indigenous rights activists through bona fide publishing opportunities in professional print media and Web publishing.

If you have a news tip, a story idea, public notice or opinion letter to publish - if you want to get involved with our tribal publications or just want to leave us a comment - please contact our publisher directly: Ernie C. Salgado Jr. (Soboba tribal member).

California Tribal Chairpersons Association, Inc.

CTCA LATEST BREAKING NEWS:

“The mission of the CTCA is to promote unity and strength by advocating for all California Indian people. As my father taught me, it is important to improve the lives for future generations and to pursue a path that younger tribal leaders can follow, like our tribal elders did for us,” Mazzetti said.

CALIFORNIA TRIBAL CHAIRPERSON'S ASSOCIATION (CTCA) writes three letters to BIA and Treasury for $8 Billion earmark on behalf of California Indians statewide

$8,000,000,000 set aside for Native Americans

CALIF Tribes Establish New Executive Council Uniting Southern, Central, Northern Reservations

by Ernie C. Salgado Jr., Publisher
The American Indian Reporter

SACRAMENTO, CA - On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, the Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association, Central California Tribal Chairpersons' Association and the Northern California Tribal Chairpersons' Association joined forces to formally establish the California Tribal Chairpersons' Association (CTCA), a state-wide organization established to collectively address critical issues facing Tribes in California ... READ THE FULL HISTORIC CALIFORNIA TRIBAL CHAIRPERSONS' ASSOCIATION STORY.

The CTCA Board of Directors consist of one representative from each of the member tribes. The six-member Executive Council is composed of two representatives from the three geographical areas identified as Southern, Central, Northern.

SIX-MEMBER COUNCIL:

Bo Mazzetti, Chairman of Rincon Band of Luiseño Band of Indians was elected Chairman of the CTCA.

Michael Hunter, Tribal Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians was elected Vice Chairman of CTCA.

Garth Sundberg, Tribal Chairman of the Trinidad Rancheria was elected Treasurer of the CTCA.

Erica M. Pinto, Tribal Chairwoman of the Jamul Indian Village of California was elected Secretary.

Kevin Day, Tribal Chairman of Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians was elected Member at Large of the CTCA.

Dale Miller, Tribal Chairman of Elk Valley Rancheria was elected Member at Large of the CTCA.

Denis Turner, Executive Director of the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association, Inc. SCTCA, provided the organization with expertise on the development of organizational document and in-service training.

COVID AMERICAN INDIAN INFORMATION GUIDE

Source: Palm Springs Desert Sun, by Amanda Ulrich; Contributed by Yvette Yazzie, All Mission Indian Housing Authority, Temecula, Calif.

Pala reservation: Virgil Yazzie

Heather Yazzie spent one long, strange night in a Temecula hospital bed last summer, losing sleep over her parents.

Her mom, Janice, was in a room down the hall; her dad, Virgil, in another. All three had corona virus. Staff moved through the hallways in white suits and circular helmets. Once, a doctor paid a visit to Heather’s room virtually, via an iPad on wheels.

Heather was released the next day, but her parents had to stay. “Dad, I love you,” she told Virgil before she left. “You're gonna be okay.”

Heather touched his hand, promised she’d be back with his hearing aids and a phone charger. By the time she returned his condition had deteriorated. No family members, except for her mom, were allowed in the room.

“I was the last one to talk to him, where he could talk back,” she said.

Virgil Wilbert Yazzie, 68, died on Aug. 31, 2020. He was a member of the Navajo Nation, part of the Bitter Water clan, and a fixture on the Pala reservation in northern San Diego County which he embraced as his home....

READ THE TRIBAL COVID VIRUS ARTICLE

Our Native American newspaper serves the thirty one Southern California Indian reservations and their tribal members:

• Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Barona Band of Mission Indians
• Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
• Cahuilla Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians
• Campo Band of Kumeyaay Indians
• Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
• Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
• Iipay Kumeyaay Nation of Santa Ysabel
• Inaja-Cosmit Band of Kumeyaay Indians
• Jamul Indian Village
• La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians
• La Posta Band of Kumeyaay Indians
• Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Indians
• Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians
• Morongo Band of Mission Indians
• Pala Band of Mission Indians
• Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians
• Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians
• Ramona Band of Cahuilla
• Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians
• Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
• Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
• Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
• Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
• Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Indians of California
• Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians

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-Ernie C. Salgado Jr., Soboba tribal member