Qualla: Robinson Rancheria: The Tribe That Came Back https://qualla.com/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Robinson Rancheria: The Tribe That Came Back https://qualla.com/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california Robinson Rancheria: The Tribe That Came Back: Introduction https://qualla.com/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california/ Every May, members of the Robinson Rancheria hold a sunrise ceremony at Clear Lake. They gather to remember the dead of Bloody Island, where on May 15, 1850, U.S. Army soldiers under Lieutenant Nathaniel Lyon killed as many as 200 Pomo people, most of them women and children, on a small island the Pomo called Bo-no-po-ti. Among the dead were ancestors of the Robinson Rancheria. A six-year-old girl named Ni'ka survived by hiding beneath the lake's surface, breathing through a hollow tule reed while soldiers bayoneted the people around her. She lived to old age as Lucy Moore. The ceremony is an act of remembrance, but it is also a statement: we are still here.

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/b/w/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california-wp/9qbw-robinson-rancheria-the-tribe-that-came-back-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Robinson Rancheria: The Tribe That Came Back: Before the Soldiers Came https://qualla.com/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california/ The Robinson Pomo are Eastern Pomo people, part of a broader Pomo population that numbered between 10,000 and 18,000 across California by 1800. They lived in the Clear Lake basin, one of the most ecologically productive landscapes in northern California. The lake, the oldest natu...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/b/w/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california-wp/9qbw-robinson-rancheria-the-tribe-that-came-back-before-the-soldiers-came.mp3 0:06 2 full Robinson Rancheria: The Tribe That Came Back: Terminated and Scattered https://qualla.com/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california/ The federal government's Indian termination policy of the 1950s aimed to end the special legal relationship between the United States and tribal nations. In 1956, the government terminated its recognition of the Robinson Rancheria. Tribal members lost access to federal services, ...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/b/w/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california-wp/9qbw-robinson-rancheria-the-tribe-that-came-back-terminated-and-scattered.mp3 0:06 3 full Robinson Rancheria: The Tribe That Came Back: One Hundred Thirteen Acres in Two Pieces https://qualla.com/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california/ The Robinson Rancheria today consists of two sites in Lake County, separated by eight miles, totaling 113 acres of trust land. It is a modest footprint for a people whose ancestors once moved freely across the Clear Lake basin. But those 113 acres support a functioning government...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/b/w/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california-wp/9qbw-robinson-rancheria-the-tribe-that-came-back-one-hundred-thirteen-acres-in-two-pieces.mp3 0:06 4 full Robinson Rancheria: The Tribe That Came Back: Tending the Land and Water https://qualla.com/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california/ The Robinson Rancheria Environmental Center represents something deeper than regulatory compliance. The center operates a native plant nursery, growing species that belong to the Clear Lake ecosystem. It runs a recycling center and monitors local water quality, work that matters ...

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]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/q/b/w/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california-wp/9qbw-robinson-rancheria-the-tribe-that-came-back-tending-the-land-and-water.mp3 0:06 5 full Robinson Rancheria: The Tribe That Came Back: Still Gathering at the Lake https://qualla.com/robinson-rancheria-of-pomo-indians-of-california/ The Robinson Rancheria is served by the Upper Lake Union Elementary School District and the Upper Lake Union High School District, a quiet detail that says something important. Tribal children attend the same schools as their non-tribal neighbors. The rancheria is not an enclave ...

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