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TNB->Pomo Indians: Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria

Posted on Friday, July 20 @ 20:53:42 PDT

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria.. KEYWORDS: Elem Indian Colony Pomo Indians Sulphur Bank Rancheria Rattlesnake Island Indian Island Buckingham Island Elem Koi Cigom Komdot

Currently there are 102 federally recognized tribes in California and another twenty tribes awaiting recognition since the late 1980's. Today the Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians is the only Southeastern Pomo tribe that is a federally recognized tribal government.

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The Southeastern Pomo Tribes Lake County, California was a united sovereign fishing and gathering nation that consisted of four main villages:

Elem also known as:

Rattlesnake Island
Elem Indian Colony
Sulfur Bank Rancheria
towns of Clearlake& Oaks, CA)

Cigom also known as:

Indian Island
town of Clearlake, CA

Koi also known as:

Lower Lake, CA

Komdot also known as:

Buckingham Island
town of Rivera, CA

Koi controlled the headwaters at Cache Creek. Komdot was the traditional Chief's Village.

Many great tribes lived around Clearlake one of the largest masses of natural water in an area so beautiful and pristine that many tribes would make a pilgrimage to charge their lungs and heal themselves. Natural geysers, rich minerals, fauna and fish, game, you name it flourished. The tribes around Clearlake were rich in everything.

For thousands of years the Southeastern Pomo consisting of the Elem, the Cignom, the Koi, and Komdot lived in PEACE. It was a matriarchal system, which perhaps stopped a lot of warring amongst them, built consensus, and brought about immense prosperity and longevity.

In recent times, having lost control over 2 million acres of pristine land. 50 miles of lake shoreline, their matriarchal system, the language, and their culture, all that remains of the Elem Nation is a population of 250 of which ONLY 80 have chosen to stay on the grounds of the Elem Nation Colony which is about 50 acres. The Bureau of Indian Affairs calls them the Elem Indian Colony and states that they live on a land surrounded by a Superfund site - the Sulfur Bank Rancharia.

They do not eat fish from the lake as it is contaminated with mercury. They drink bottled water even though they have springs, water, and more water everywhere.

Many of them suffer from cancer and other diseases brought about by coming into contact with contaminants - some so toxic that the Environmental Protection Agency has declared some sites and put them on the Superfund List. Only the most toxic sites are put on the Superfund List.