Cache Creek Starts Environmental Analysis on Event Center Expansion
January 20, 2010
Cache Creek Casino Resort is starting an environmental analysis of its proposed events center. Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation on Tuesday said it will move ahead with...
Wintun Academy Students Get Involved with Tribal Agricultural Restoration Efforts
January 1, 2010
Students from Yocha Dehe Wintun Academy were involved in a 2,400 ft. hedgerow planting at Ponotla Piht Ranch on Nov. 16th, 2009. The planting included a...
Chairman McKay Honored By American Indian Film Institute
November 12, 2009
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....
Yocha Dehe Chairman Joins Tribal Conference with President Obama
November 6, 2009
Local tribal chairman Marshall McKay met with President Obama on Thursday, along with representatives from hundreds of other Native American tribes. 'In this new era of...
President Obama Delivers Remarks at White House, Tribal Nations Conference
November 5, 2009
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...
Watch the Live Video of the Tribal Nations Conference in Washington D.C.
November 5, 2009
On November 5, 2009 Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation will take part in the first-of-its-kind White House conference with federally recognized tribes. The conference will be hosted...
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation to Take Part in First-Ever Tribal Nations Conference in Washington D.C.
November 2, 2009
BROOKS, Calif. – On November 5, 2009, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation will take part in the first-of-its-kind White House conference with federally recognized tribes. The conference...
Obama to host Tribal Nations Conference
October 21, 2009
“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....
Destination Resort Project Update
October 6, 2009
The Tribal Council of the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation has decided not to proceed with the currently proposed version of its Destination Resort Project (DRP). While...
Native American Day at Capitol
September 28, 2009
The Yocha Dehe tribal community and government gathered at the 42nd annual celebration of Native American Day in Sacramento. About 300 gathered at the capitol building,...
Encouraging Recycling in Our Community
September 28, 2009
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."...
Yocha Dehe Awarded for Environmental Stewardship
September 15, 2009
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation is the proud winner of WateReuse’s 2009 Project of the Year Award for our Cache Creek Desalination Facility. We are the first tribe...
Tribal Name Change
September 14, 2009
We are now officially the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation. This name change speaks to our heritage, and in our traditional dialect means "home by the spring...
Chief Investment Officer Hired
August 28, 2009
Steve Sakurai has been hired as our new chief investment officer. Sakurai brings more than 20 years of finance and sustainable development experience to the position....
Yocha Dehe Awards $335,853 to the Esparto School District
August 27, 2009
The donation helped the Esparto School District to close its 2009-2010 budget gap for the year. The Yocha Dehe Tribal Council donated $335,853 to the Esparto...
Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Launched
August 27, 2009
Yocha Dehe provided $1.5 million to help establish the first foundation supporting Indigenous arts. The Native Arts & Cultures Foundation is dedicated to supporting, developing and...