CA TRIBE CHALLENGES TEJON RANCH DEVELOPMENT

September 30, 2009 | Bakersfield, California | Vetting explained

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The Kawaiisu Tribe says Tejon Ranch Corporation is making plans to bulldoze their Reservation and Sacred Sites and they are sharing a history lesson to prove their point.

Kawaiisu Tribal Elder David Laughing Horse Robinson talks about the Sebastian Tejon Indian Reservation, the first Indian Reservation in California. It is located near Los Angeles, at the southern end of Kern County.

Mr. Robinson says his Native American Tribe had vast land holdings under Spain and Mexico then suffered genocide during the early years of California statehood.

David Laughing Horse Robinson says the U.S. Constitutionally required steps to transfer the Reservation from Trust Land has not occurred. He says that Congress is the sole authority in these matters.

This story talks about the Tejon Ranch Corporation development called Tejon Mountain Village and notifies interested parties about a public hearing coming up on October 5, 2009 in Bakersfield, with the Kern County Board of Supervisors.

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