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SONE BAND OF MIWOK Mokelumne-Locolumne Tribe 2-91-9 .Jackson Valley-RoaG, Ione, GA, 95640- - (209) 274-2915 Phone/Fax Nicolas Villa, Jr,, Chief-lappo Loren Hill, Moo-Chief Barbara Hill, Soo,/Treasurer Joan Villa, Tribal Adminstrator January 13, 1992 San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors Stockton, Ca. Re: Tribal Jurisdiction in relationship to Buckeye Ranch, Golf Course and Nature Preserve. Chairman and Members, It has been brought to the attention of the Ione Band of Miwok Indians, Mokelumne-Locolumne Tribe, a federally recognized tribal sovereign entity, the intent to develop an area known as Brovelli Woods. Members of the Tribe met yesterday with staff of the Planning Department and archaeologists familiar with the area. This letter is to advise San Joaquin County and the developer of the proposed project, Catwil Corporation, Robertson Homes and its agents that the Ione Band of Miwok Indians, Mokelumne-Locolumne Tribe having jurisdiction over its members thus having jurisdiction over its ancestors, hereby asserts its authority over its aboriginal territories which include, but are not limited to the Buckeye Ranch Project over San Joaquin County regarding the preservation and protection of burial sites, associated burial goods, unassociated burial goods, sacred objects and sacred sites as defined in P.L. 101-601, 25 USC 2002, known as the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act signed into law by President Bush, November 16, 1990, regulated and implemented by execution of Federal Contracts April 4, 1992 under Tribal Law of the Ione Band of Miwok Indians. (the Act) (Tribal land is aboriginal tribal land as defined in Dan v. United States, Cite 404 A 2d 555 May 1979, cert. denied 444 US 1098 1980) . As described within the Act, the Tribe will require a Memorandum of Agreement between the lead agency, the developer and the Tribe before any further approvals can be given. -1-