Indian Reservation Expansion Fought
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The county is asking federal officials to scrutinize reservation expansion efforts by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
In a letter sent Tuesday to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Board of Supervisors said a proposal by the tribe to connect the two parts of its reservation by annexing 12 acres in between could lead to a drop in county tax revenue.
The tribe says annexing land that runs along the Zanja de Cota Creek would simply allow it to make whole its 127-acre reservation.
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