NEXT ON THE HEADLINE HUMBOLDT CHERYL SEIDNER AS HER PEOPLE CELEBRATE THE LONG AWAITED REMAINS FROM UC BERKELEY.

AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FREEZES FUNDS AND PUTS NECESSARY ROAD PROJECTS AT SERIOUS RISK OF FAILURE.

COMING UP NOW ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

LIVE UNDER THE TOP THE HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE BUT THESE DAYS IT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND NEWS STORIES THAT SHOW POSITIVE STORIES IN OUR COUNTRY BUT REAILY AS A GOOD DEAL.

THE PROTAGONIST OF THIS IS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE STRUGGLED FOR AGAINST A TIDE OF VIOLENCE AND INTOLERANCE STACKED SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT VICTORIES ONE ATOP ANOTHER.

THAT GROUP IS THE WEIT TO STRIKE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT BLOWS ACROSS THE BROADER PARADIGM INTO THE MUD FLATS FOREVER.

IT'S WELL-KNOWN THAT THE TRIBE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR DECADE TO RAW GRAIN TALAWAT ISLAND.

TO THE EUREKA WHO FINALLY ANNOUNCED AND TRIED TO MAKE AMEND FOR THE GENOCIDE THE TRIBE ONCE TOOK OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TAL AWAT ISLAND.

OFFICER HARNESSED ENOUGH SOCIAL CREDIT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

WELL, THIS PAST WEEK ANOTHER PATIENT CAME CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE ACHIEVED ITS ULTIMATE GOAL.

REMAINS OF ROUGHLY 20 TRIBAL MEMBERS DURING THE TALAWAT WERE FINALLY RELEASED BY UC BERKELEY.

AND WITH US THESE VICTORIES ACHIEVED IN THE FACE OF RACISM AND OUTRIGHT GIVES ME HOPE.

AND WE ABHOR ANY EFFORTS THAT REQUIRE ANY DILIGENCE AND FORTITUDE.

I SAY THIS AS MANY WEEK WE'RE AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN PERSEVERING TOWARD A WORTHY GOAL IS A THAT BECOMES IT'S OWN AWARD.

IT SEEMS IRRELEVANT.

THE POINT IS TO DEMONSTRATE WHERE ONE STANDS AND WHAT ONE STANDS WHEN THE EASIEST CHOICES ARE ALL WRONG.

AND CHERYL SEIDNER SAT DOWNTO TALK SHARE HER SPEAK.

I'M KEET.

REASON WHY I ASKED YOU TO COME ON THE SHOW IS TO REPATRIATIATION OF REMAINS THAT HAS OCCURRED IN THE INDIAN REPATRIATIATION ACT.

CAN YOU TELL TELL YOU WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE TRIBE.

WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING THE REMAINS FOR PROBABLY A COUPLE OF DECADES NOW.

I THINK WE STARTED WAY BACK IN THE '90s BUT THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT FINISHED I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'D SAYING THEY WERE DOING.

>> STUDYING.

>> EXAMINING THEM.

SO THEY KEPT THEM AND FINALLY AFTER AS I SAID AFTER A COUPLE OF DECADES THEY FINALLY DECIDED TO GIVE THEM BACK TO US.

NOT OUT THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART BUT THE GOODNESS OF THE W WEWAT TRIBE AND THEY NEED TO COME HOME.

AND WE ALWAYS PAID HOMAGE TO OUR ANCESTOR.

WHAT AS A COMMUNITY TO HONOR THE PEOPLE WHO CAME BEFORE YOU?

>> YES.

>> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO DO THAT?

>> BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THEY WERE FIRST.

THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WENT ALL THE THINGS THEY'RE THE ONES WHO LEARNED HOW TO DO THINGS AND NOW THEY PASSED IT TO US, AND WE NEED TO SAY THANK YOU.

WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT THEM.

THEY'RE THE SHOULDER WE SHOULD STAND ON IN ORDER TO BE WHERE WE'RE AT TOLD.

THESE PARTICULAR REMAINS IF I'M MAKE CUN ARE FROM THE INDIAN OR INDIAN ISLAND.

AND THEY WERE DUG UP -- I'LL TELL YOU A STORY.

>> YEAH, PLEASE.

AND IT MAKES REALLY UNDERSTANDABLE.

A RELATIVE WENT TO A FUNERAL MUST BE 40 YEARS AGO NOW.

AND HE WAS TALKING AND HE WAS TALKING TO A JUDGE A PROMINENT JUDGE AT THAT TIME.

AND THE GENTLEMAN SECOND-DEGREE TO THE JUDGE, HE SAYS JUDGE, I THINK I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE FUNERAL LATER TODAY AND I'M GOING TO DIG HIM A BACK-UP AND I WANT THAT RING I SAW ON HIS HAND.

AND JUDGE JUST HAD ABOUT A CORONARY.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW.

BUT THE WHITE HAVE DONE IT TO MY PEOPLE FOR DECK KAEDS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

>> I REMEMBER -- >> THE JUDGE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO HIM.

>> I REMEMBER HEARING FROM HISTORY RUNS AND THEY WERE AND STILL DIGGING FOR REMAINS.

>> WELL, WE BOUGHT THE ISLAND AT ONE FIVE ACRES IN '04 AND THEY WERE OUT DIGGING PROBABLY A WEEK AFTER THE PAPERS WERE SIGNED.

>> WOW.

>> SO THAT'S JUST IN THIS MILLENNIA.

>> SO I MEAN WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE YOU KNOW OF THE WHOLE STUDY OF ANTHROPOLOGY.

THERE ARE SCIENTISTS THAT GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE REMAINS.

FOR YOU IT'S A LIVING CULTURE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF ANCIENT HISTORY.

HOW DO YOU THINK WE AS A SOCIETY SHOULD BALANCE THAT.

IS THERE ANY BALANCE TO BE STRUCK?

>> I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR THOUGHT OF DIGGING PEOPLE UP.

I SEE THEY DO THAT WITH THE MUMMIES OF EGYPT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE BUG MAN, AND THE KIN WITNESS MAN.

BUT AS YOU ARE WE ARE A LIVING PEOPLE.

WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW.

TALK TO US.

WE SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU ON A ROUNDTABLE.

AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT IN THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE STUDYING BONES FOR WHEN WE HAVE FLESH ON OUR BONES AND WE CAN VOICE OUR OPINION.

MAYBE THAT'S THE REASON THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE TO VOICE AN OPINION.

SO WE'LL DEAL WITH YOU IN DEATH, NOT IN LIFE.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.

ALSO I WONDER WHAT YOU MAKE OF SOME OF THE THEORIES THAT ARE OPERATIVE.

LIKE THE WHOLE BERINGIA.

ACCORDING TO YOUR MYTH YOU HAVE HERE FOREVER.

FOR MILLENNIA.

IT'S NOT WALK ACROSS.

THAT'S SOMEBODY'S IDEA WHETHER TRUTH OR NOT I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I CAN GO BY MY CREATION STORIES AND WE HAD A FLOOD AND THE FLOOD PUT MY PEOPLE HERE IN THIS AREA, AND -- >> WAS THAT A FLOOD YOU SAID?

>> THERE WAS A FLOOD >> IN ANCIENT TIMES.

>> FLOOD STORY.

>> INTERESTING.

COULD YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT.

>> THEY KNEW THAT THE FLOOD -- THE CREATIVE TER TOLD THE PEOPLE THERE WAS A FLOOD COMING AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE PREPARED.

THE WOMAN MADE A BASKET, PUT HER SON AND DAUGHTER IN THE BASKET.

SHE PUT PITCH ON THE BASKET SHE WOULDN'T LEAK AND THE PRESERVES TO AND THE WATER CAME AND THEY WENT OUT IN THE BASKET BOAT AND IT FLOATED AROUND UNTIL IT CAME TO A LANDING AND IT LANDED HERE IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

IT LAND ON THE ISLAND.

AND HERE WE ARE TODAY.

>> IT LANDED ON TILAWAT ISLAND.

>> YES.

THAT'S REALLY POIGNANT CONSIDERING THE HISTORY OF TILAWAT RILED.

WHERE IS THAT AT IN PROCESS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU GUYS ULTIMATELY PLAN TO DO WITH THE ISLAND?

>> WE NOW OWN 90% OF THE ISLAND WHICH IS -- MAKES ME HAPPY.

I DID NOT KNOW I WOULD SEE THAT IN MY LIFETIME.

WHEN WE GOT THE 1.5 ACRES, THAT'S WHAT I ASKED FOR WHAT THE CITY OWNED AND THE CITY WOULD ONLY GIVE BACK TO US THE NORTH OF THE ISLAND I MEAN THE BRIDGE.

AND THEN LATER ON WE ASKED AGAIN FOR THE REST OF WHAT THE CITY OWNED AND WE FINALLY FOUR YEARS AFTER WE FIRST ASKED FOR IT WE FINALLY GOT IT BACK, AND HERE WE ARE.

WE HAVE 90% OF THE ISLAND.

>> THAT JUST MAKES ME BUBBLY, FABULOUS.

>> IT REMINDS WHAT YOU SAID BEFORE THAT UC BERKELEY DIDN'T GIVE IT BACK OUT OF THEIR GOODNESS OF THEIR HEART BUT YOU WERE KNOCK ON THE DOORS.

WE HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS OF EUREKA.

THEY'RE THE FIRST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES TO GIVE BACK LAND TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.

WE HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO BOTH COUNCILS BACK TO '04.

>> YOU WERE KIMBER ROYAL.

AND IT WAS THE CULTURAL CENTER IN OLD TOWN.

I GUESS YOU GUYS WHAT USED TO BE THE OLD RESTORATION HARDWARE BUILDING >> CORRECT.

>> WHAT DO YOU ENVISION THAT PLACE BECOMING?

>> I WAS THERE YESTERDAY.

I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE.

SOME TIME THIS WEEK I WAS THERE AND WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH ANTERIOR KNEE AND LEONA BROUGHT IN HER GRANDDAUGHTER'S REGALIA, AND SOME BASKET MATERIAL SO THAT THEY CAN SIT DOWN AND THIS IS WHAT WE USE TO MAKE BASKETS.

AND THEY ALREADY HAVE BASKETS THERE.

THEY HAVE A GRINDING ROCK THERE.

THEY HAVE THINGS TO PURCHASE IF YOU WANT TO PURCHASE SWEATSHIRTS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

T-SHIRTS AND STUFF.

THEY'VE GOT THOSE THINGS THERE.

THEY'RE HOPING TO PUT IN MORE WIWAT VENDORS WHETHER REGALIA OR QUILTS.

WE CAN'T LET ANYBODY IN BECAUSE THE FRONT DOOR WALK IN NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND WE SEEM NOT TO BE ABLE TO GET FIXED AS FAST AS WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO.

THEY'RE ALL SAYING DUE TO KOFED THINGS ARE NOT MOVING AS FAST AS WE WANT.

I'M GOING OH MY WORD.

HOPEFULLY IN ANOTHER MONTH WE'LL HAVE THAT ENTRANCEWAY FIT WITHOUT US WORKING THEY'RE GOING TO FALL THROUGH THE FIRST STEP.

>> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

NOW YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN THE REMAINS SECURED BACK FOR THE TRIBE WHAT ARE THE PLANS.

IS THERE GOING TO BE A SPECIAL CEREMONY OR SOMETHING PRIVATE SOMETHING YOU CAN'T SHARE.

>> I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PRIVATE CEREMONY.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE PARTICULAR PEOPLE.

>> YOU'RE MUFFLING.

>> I SAID DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHO THE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE OR IS IT MORE ANONYMOUS THAN THAT WITH THE REMAINS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE REMAINS FWHRUNGE.

AND WE WILL THE CHAIRMAN AND THE CHAIR.

IT WON'T BE A BIG FLAMBOYANT YOU KNOW GET TOGETHER.

>> IT WILL JUST BE VERY PRIVATE.

IT WILL BE US >> SOMBER.

>> I THINK THAT THE ANCESTORS WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE WIWAT WITH THE RETURN OF THE TRIBE ARE RETURN OF THE ISLAND A CERTAIN KIND OF PROGRESS BETWEEN NATIVE CULTURES AND THEIR SURROUNDING CITIES OR COMMUNITIES.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN EARNED REPUTATION AT THIS POINT.

DO YOU THINK THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO INCLUDE YOU MORE OR IS IT STILL MUCH OF THE SAME IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST.

>> I THINK WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD RAPPORT WITH THE CITY.

AND I THINK IT REALLY CAME FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE >> IT APPEARS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD PUT PRESSURE ON THE CITY OF EUREKA TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND THAT DIDN'T MEAN THEY CAME DOWN AND SAID YOU'VE GOT TO DO IT THIS WAY OR THAT WAY.

I THINK IT'S THAT COMMUNITY TALK.

AND TAKING A COUNCIL PERSON ASIDE YOU NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HAS BEEN VERY POIGNANT AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE STOOD UP TO BE COUNTED AND IN SAYING CITY OF EUREKA YOU NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND THE CITY OF EUREKA LISTENED.

WE HAVE TO BE HAPPY FOR THEM TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND SO THEY LISTENED.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

FOR ONCE A GOVERNMENT LISTENED.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE YOU KNOW A GOOD NATURAL RELATIONSHIP.

HOW THE WIWAT TRIBE BE BETTER PLUGGED IN TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE ITS VOICE IS HEARD.

DO YOU THINK THERE'S A WAY THAT COULD HAPPEN.

SOME SORT OF JOINT COMMISSION OR DO YOU THINK ALONG THOSE LINES?

I BELIEVE IF EVERYBODY WOULD -- THIS IS JUST ACROSS THE NATION IF ANYONE WOULD GIVE EAR TO WHAT'S BEING SAID.

LISTEN TO WHAT'S BEING SAID INSTEAD OF JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER NOT TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS OR SAYING I HEARD YOU SAY THIS.

NO THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT I SAID BUT BEING ABLE TO COME TO THE TABLE, AND WHEN YOU COME TO THE TABLE YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE UP SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S THE GOVERNMENT OR THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT OR INDIGENOUS GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO SIT AT THE TABLE AND LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER, AND COME TO A ROUNDTABLE AND SAY LET'S TALK.

LET'S SEE WHERE WE CAN GO WITH THIS.

IT'S NOT JUST A ONE WAY COMMUNICATION.

IT'S GOT TO BE BOTH WAYS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

LAST QUESTION FOR YOU.

SOME OF YOUR OWN ANCESTORS WERE ON THE ISLAND THAT NIGHT.

AND SO YOU'RE PROBABLY PHYSICALLY RELATED TO SOME OF THE REMAINS THAT HAVE BEEN RETURNED IS THAT RIGHT.

>> YES.

I DO BELIEVE I'M RELATED TO HALF OF THEM.

BUT THE BABY THAT WAS FOUND ON THE ISLAND WAS RAISED HE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT KILLED AND HE PASSED AWAY IN THE '40s AND HE'S BURIED UP IN OCEAN VIEW OR SOMEWHERE.

AND YOU KNOW IT'S JUST THOSE THINGS THAT WE ARE RELATED TO THEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY MIGHT BE BUT I LIKE THE SAYING FROM THE PLAINS AREA WE'RE ALL RELATIONS.

ALL MY RELATIONS.

SO WE NEED TO REMEMBER WE'RE ALL RELATED.

INDIAN AND NON-INDIAN.

>> EXCELLENT CHERYL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT >> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CAUTIONING THAN COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS REMAINS HIGH.

THE COUNTY ALSO POINTS OUT MORE SEVERE OUTCOMES FROM COVED ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY AMONG UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS.

17 FULLY VACCINATED HUMBOLDT RESIDENTS DIED FROM COVED.

DURING THAT SAME PERIOD 52 DEATHS OF UNVACCINATED RESIDENTS WERE REPORTED.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF THOSE DEATHS WAS 67.

THE LATEST CALIFORNIA EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A UNIVERSAL HEALTH PAIR SYSTEM WITHOUT EVEN A VOTE IN THE STATE LEGISLATOR.

ASSEMBLY 1400 WAS THE LATEST BY THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PRIORITY TO GET PRIVATE INSURERS AND PROFIT MARGINS OUT OF HEALTHCARE.

THE BILL INTRODUCED LAST YEAR BUT IT STALLED WITHOUT RECEIVING A SINGLE HEARING.

ASSEMBLY ASH KALRA BECAUSE THE VOTES WEREN'T THERE.

IT WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN INFLAME.

SUCH A FAILURE WOULD HAVE HURT THE CAUSE.

WHICH REPRESENTS BUSINESS INTERESTS IN THE STATE AND THEY LABELED AB1400 A JOB KILLER.

ITS LOBBYING WAS JOINED BY DOZENS OF REPRESENTING DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS.

SUPPORTERS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS UNTIL A FAIR AND JUST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS ACHIEVED FOR CALIFORNIA.

HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS RAISING ALARMS IF THE STATE DISHING OUT HARSH BY FREEZING IMPORTANT ROAD FUNDS.

>> Karen: DEPHIN GUESS AFTER TAKING FOR NOT COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS.

AUDIT WHICH WAS MORE THAN A YEAR OVER DUE WILL BE LIKELY BE FINISHED BY THE SINGLE AUDIT IS REQUIRED FOR A NUMBER OF FINANCIAL ISSUES INCLUDING FUNDING AND SO THE STATE HAS PUT US ON NOTICE THAT THROUGH CAL TRANSONE OF OUR FUNDING AGENCIESES THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A HOLD ON ANY NEW FUNDING PROJECTS UNTIL THOSE AUDITS ARE SUBMITTED.

CURRENTLY PUBLIC WORKS IS $269,000 HAS BEEN FLAGGED AND PUT ON HOLD.

AT THIS TIME I BELIEVE WE'RE DUE TO SUBMIT THEM ON THE 31st OF MARCH.

YOU KNOW THERE'S A MAJOR CONCERN IF THEY DON'T THE FUNDING COMES IN ON A REGULAR BASIS.

IT'S NOT ANY GIVEN TIME.

IN APRIL WE HAVE UPCOMING GRANT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM WILL BE OUT.

WE'VE GOT THE WHOLE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL WE COULD USE THE ADDITIONAL BRIDGE MONEY ET CETERA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY CONCERNED IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO USE THESE FUNDS THEY'LL BYPASS THE COUNTY AND GO TO OTHER AGENCIES AND PUT THE MONEY ON THE ROAD.

$269,000 OUT OF A MULTI-DOLLAR BUDGET MAY NOT SOUND A LIKE.

FILLS POTHOLES.

REPLACES CULVERTS.

I'M VERY CONCERNED THEY GET IN IN A TIMELY MANNER SO WE CAN THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY FUNDING COMES THROUGH THE STATE.

CAL TRANSBUT I GET CAL FIRE AND A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT STATE AGENCIES THAT THAT APPLY FOR FUNDING THROUGH.

I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IT WILL BE WE'LL GET SIMILAR LETTERS UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED.

IT'S NOT JUST MY DEPARTMENT THAT'S AFFECTED.

I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO BE AWARE OF THE REPORT.

AND NOW WE'VE JUST NEED TO PULL TOGETHER AS A COUNTY TOMORROW AND GET THE AUDIT DONE.

>> AREA REALTOR LARRY DOSS HAS TO FIFTH DISTRICT SEAT CURRENTLY LED.

MADRONE WHETHER HE WILL SEEK REELECTION.

DOSS IS A HARBOR COMMISH.

HE SAYS HE OWNS PROPERTY IN ORO.

>> IS GETTING MORE AND MORE CROWDED.

IN AND NATALIE ARROYO MIKE NEWMAN HAS JOINED THE FRAY.

NEWMAN CURRENTLY SERVES A HUMBOLDT COUNTY PLANNING COMMISH.

FOR 15 YEARS HE OWNED HIS OWN INSURANCE COMPANY.

AND THAT IS ALL OUR TIME FOR EVENING.

THANKS FOR JOINING US AND FOR BEING ENGAGED.

STAY TUNED.

STAY INFORMED.