The California Valley Miwok Tribe attended the 2008 Annual Self-Governance Conference held on April 27th through May 1st, 2008, at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. In attendance representing the Tribe were Silvia Burley, Chairperson, Anjelica Paulk, Vice Chairperson and the Tribe’s attorneys. The Tribe is seeking to become a self-governance tribe, having maintained an admirable 9 year history of perfect annual audits under the leadership of Chairperson Silvia Burley and the current Tribal Council.
The Tribe would especially like to thank the following persons for educating its representatives on all aspects of the requirements and services under the self-governance program; W. Ron Allen, Chairman of the DOI Self-Governance Advisory Committee, Matthew Johnson, J.D., Policy Analyst, IHS Self–Governance, Sharee M. Freeman, Director of Self-Governance, DOI, Ken Renfield, Senior Policy Program Analyst, Self-Governance, DOI and Don Kashevaroff, President of the Seldovia Village Tribe and Chairman of the IHS Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee.
