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Brooks, Calif. – Yocha Dehe Tribal Chairman Marshall McKay has been selected as a recipient of the American Indian Film Institute’s (AIFI) 2009 Eagle Sprit award. Chairman McKay will be presented with the honor at the American Indian Motion Picture Awards Show on Saturday, Nov. 14 in San Francisco.

November 5, 2009 - President Obama told hundreds of tribal leaders at an Interior Department summit today that he knows what it means to feel ignored and forgotten, pledging to work with them on issues including energy development and climate change.

“Indian country has been waiting for well over a decade for a meeting of this caliber with the President of the United States,” said Joe A. Garcia, National Congress of American Indians president.
 
Leaders of all 564 federally recognized tribes will be invited, an announcement said, adding that they will be given the opportunity to interact directly with the president and other top administration officials. Each federally recognized tribe can send one representative.
 

On Friday, Sept. 25, new recycle bins were unveiled at a press event in Woodland, Calif. announcing the program entitled "Plastics. Too Valuable to Waste. Recycle."  

The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation was the proud sponsor of all bins in Fern Park, recognizing the importance of keeping our public spaces clean and healthy. 

The Tribe partnered with the City of Woodland, Keep California Beautiful, American Chemistry Council and PG&E in this important effort.