Letter #3 received for the Gcid MSR and SOI

From: Ben King bking@pacgoldag.com Subject: Native Tribal Community History References Date: March 27, 2023 at 11:16 AM To: John Benoit j.benoit4@icloud.com Cc: Ben King bking@pacgoldag.com Good Morning Mr. Benoit, I reviewed the dra4 GCID document again and I am working on my comments. I do think you may want to reconsider your historical references of the local tribal communi@es and reflect the historical fact that GCID and Colusa and Glenn Coun@es are located on the na@ve lands of three bands of Wintun Tribes. I believe you have referenced the Grindstone Community but I don’t think you have men@oned the Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun which is located at the Colusa Rancheria nor the Cor@na Band Kletsel Dehe located on the Cor@na Rancheria. I am not sure if your history about the naming of Colusa is correct or if is appropriate. Perhaps you should acknowledge the presence of the Colusa tribe on the Site at the @me of the arrival of European trappers and explorers up the Sacramento River and at the @me Will S. Green landed in Colusa. I am not sure why the document makes unnecessary references to tribal history especially assuming that Colusa had a Patwin genesis rather than a Wintun genesis. I am aLaching excerpts from the Will S. Green History from 1880 and an autobiography of John Bidwell which was included in the Justus Rogers History of 1891. The John Bidwell autobiography is really interes@ng but details the brutality of the @me against na@ve tribal people. At you probably are aware the Waterboard has adopted an an@-racism and diversity equity and inclusion resolu@on and it probably would not serve GCID well to refer to tribal history incorrectly or ignore tribal history within the boundaries of GCID. I will send you a couple more emails but I wanted to confirm what documents of overlapping and adjacent Mutual Water Companies/Agencies have filed LAFCO documents: Has RD 2047 filed any LAFCO Documents? Has Sycamore Mutual Water Company filed any LAFCO Documents – do they need to since they are not a public Agency? Has Colusa Drain Mutual Water Company filed any LAFCO Documents? Has the Colusa Basin Drainage District filed any LAFCO Documents? Has RD 479 any LAFCO Documents? Thanks again for your @me Best Regards, Ben King Autobiography Will S Green of Gen…91.pdf 1880 E…ies.pdf