Memorandum
Date: October 8, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Eddie Crandell, District 3 Supervisor
Moke Simon, District 1 Supervisor
Subject: Adopt Proclamation Declaring the 2nd Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Lake County
Executive Summary:
DECLARING THE 2ND MONDAY IN OCTOBER
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY IN LAKE COUNTY
WHEREAS, the area now known as Lake County has been home to people for greater than 12,000 years, and the richly diverse cultures of the seven Tribal Nations indigenous to Lake County, Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California, Koi Nation of Northern California, Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake, Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California and Elem Indian Colony, have informed every aspect of our community’s history; and
WHEREAS, policies and practices of the United States and earlier colonial governments deprived Indigenous People in the State of California and Lake County, specifically, of landholdings, liberty, even life, itself; and
WHEREAS, the County of Lake is committed to protecting rights of Tribal organizations and institutions to strengthen their own communities; and
WHEREAS, Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed to the United Nations more than forty years ago; and
WHEREAS, in January 2019, Lake proudly became the first United States County with two concurrently seated American Indian Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, because of our historic position, we have a responsibility to lead in honoring and celebrating the legacy of all of America’s Indigenous Peoples, and particularly those indigenous to Lake County.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED that the Lake County Board of Supervisors declares each 2nd Monday in October Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Lake County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of October 2024.
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Recommended Action:
Adopt Proclamation Declaring the 2nd Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Lake County.