Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation’s First Indigenous Ocean Protection Area

Re:Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation’s First Indigenous Oc... by dheera on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:42PM (#37618176)

I mean, they were here before the CA gov, it's just that the CA gov has more firepower, tasers, and handcuffs, so we listen to them.

Otherwise I wish the natives would give us some tax cuts too.

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Re:Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation’s First Indigenous Oc... by pphysch on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:43PM (#37618184)

I'm not taking sides, I'm trying to understand the politics of this announcement.

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Re:Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation’s First Indigenous Oc... by genter on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:51PM (#37618265)

I'm trying to understand it too.

> We do not seek the permission of other governments

> these waters are also claimed by the State of California, who through its California Natural Resources Agency Pathways to 30x30: Accelerating Conservation of California’s Nature Report, support the concept of Indigenous Marine Stewardship

So I guess the State of California theoretically supports IMSAs, but does the state support this one? Does the state need to approve an IMSA for it to be official? Or are tribes independent enough that they can just declare it?

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Re:Three NorCal Tribes Announce Nation’s First Indigenous Oc... by peyton on Friday September 22, 2023 @05:46PM (#37618220)

I think they run the casinos up around Redwood.

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