There are more than 20 federally recognized Tribes in this region. The most recent event was developed and planned in collaboration with the Tribal governments and Tribal citizens within Southern California to be most responsive to the region’s Tribal communities’ needs. “Our council agreed to host it and with the support of the DOJ we made it happen.” “We thought it would be great to bring something similar to Southern California,” Vivanco said. The two had been talking about various events the DOJ had hosted in Northern California. This Southern California event resulted from a conversation between the attorney general’s adviser on Tribal affairs Merrie Lopez-Keifer and Soboba Tribal Council Chair Isaiah Vivanco. Missing in California Indian Country events are taking place throughout the four regions of the state, which has more than 700,000 Tribal citizens, the most Native American residents in the country. 30, to explore the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons crisis and brainstorm on possible solutions.
California Department of Justice officials and Tribal community members were invited to the Soboba Casino Resort Event Center Saturday, Sept.
