Santa Barbara County sues BIA to stop Chumash annexation

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Santa Barbara County sues BIA to stop Chumash annexation

By Alex Kacik / Friday, February 10th, 2017 / Comments Off on Santa Barbara County sues BIA to stop Chumash annexation

The area known as Camp 4 is now part of the Chumash reservation. Santa Barbara County sued the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs over its ruling that annexed more than 1,400 acres in Santa Ynez Valley and placed it under the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ sovereign territory. The suit alleges that the BIA…

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