A/HRC/21/47/Add.1 145. Bristol Bay Vision: Report that documents a yearlong effort by the residents of Bristol Bay to create a vision for their schools and community. 146. Atmautluak Traditional Council: Resolution declaring the tribe’s sovereignty. 147. Knugank Tribe: The tribe was omitted from the list of federally recognized tribes in 1993, which inhibits efforts to promote sovereignty and the exercise the right to selfgovern; and the inability of the tribe to gain title to a traditional cemetery. 148. Qutekcak Tribe: As a result of historical circumstances and administrative errors, Qutekcak Native Community has not been allowed federal recognition. 149. Knikatnu, Inc.: Concerns regarding the proposed Susitna – Watana Hydroelectric Project, No. 14241; concerns regarding wildlife management and declining wildlife populations in Alaska and effects on indigenous peoples. 150. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: The Southeast Alaska Regional Suicide Prevention Task Force is developing coping strategies to reduce the high rate of suicide among Alaska Natives. California 151. La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle: Development of solar power projects threatens sacred sites in Eastern Riverside and San Bernardino counties. 152. Kawaiisu Tribe of Tejon, Kawaiisu National Council: Lack of recognition and treaty breach contribute to the tribe’s inability to exercise its right to full and effective participation in matters related to culture, land and territories; tribe opposes corporate ownership of grave goods, artifacts and cultural sites. 153. American Indian Rights and Resources Organization (Temecula Indians): Damaging effects of disenrollment, banishment, and denial of tribal membership, including exclusion from participation in regularly schedule elections for the Tribal Council. 154. Tosobol Clan (Temecula Indians): Allottee disenrollment and membership results in denial of access to housing, education, and health assistance; banishment and exclusion are barriers to accessing on-reservation allotments. 155. Sherwood Valley Rancheria: Opposes certain aspects of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), which places restrictions and regulations on the gathering of native foods including seaweed, abalone, smelt and salmon along the coastline. 156. Nuumu Yadoha Language Program (Hupa Mattole Indian): Lack of recognition has negative consequences on health and education programmes for small California Indian groups. 157. Tübatulabal Tribal Chairwomen: Certain tribes in California that have allotment lands and are seeking federal recognition; state government has created a definition for “California Native American Tribes” that includes both federally and non-federally recognized tribes. 158. Winnemem Wintu Tribe: Tribe is unable to conduct a spiritual ceremony for young girls due to refusal by the U.S. Forest Service to effectuate a mandatory closure of a small section of the McCloud River. 159. InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council: The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) is an example of a successful collaboration between the state of California and North Coast Indian Tribes developing regulations that will protect the continuation of traditional tribal gathering, harvesting and fishing in designated marine protected areas outside of reservation lands. 49