15th Annual California Big Time & Social Gathering
Pop-up Museum
Story Telling Workshop
Acorn Workshop
A heartfelt thank you to our incredible community experts, ๐๐ฟ. ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ๐ and ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด, for sharing their knowledge at the Acorn Workshop. Also, special gratitude to ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ท๐ฎ๐ for helping facilitate this wonderful event. Your guidance and teachings keep traditional practices alive and thriving. Weโre grateful to everyone who joined us for this Read More ยป
Blue Lake Rancheriaโs Independence Day
Today, we celebrate Blue Lake Rancheriaโs Independence Day, a powerful reminder of our strength, survival, and sovereignty. For thousands of years, the Wiyot people and neighboring Tribes lived along the Baduwaโt in deep connection with the land and waterways. But in the mid-1800s, everything changed. The California Gold Rush brought devastating violence, forced removals, and Read More ยป
Tribal Clean Energy Summit
On Tuesday, Blue Lake Rancheria participated in the California Energy Commission’s Tribal Clean Energy Summit. Heidi Moore-Guynup, Director of Tribal and Government Affairs offered perspectives centered on microgrid innovations, clean energy workforce development and highlighted the Tribal Energy Resilience and Sovereignty (TERAS) project project during a panel moderated by Jana Ganion. Efforts are underway to Read More ยป
Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Program
March 18, 2025 Dear Community Members, Local Farmers, and Supporters, We want to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for funding the Blue Lake Rancheria Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Program over the past two years. Through this support, we have been able to purchase and Read More ยป
Basic CERT Training
This past weekend, Blue Lake Rancheria assisted their partner, ๐๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, with Basic CERT training in Southern Humboldt by supporting instructors through our CERT grant funds. The 23- hour course was well attended and graduated 33 new CERT members for community disaster preparedness in the Southern Humboldt area. Many of the attendees represented rural Read More ยป
Hoops and Heros Recap
Last Thursday, the Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Police Department hit the court at Eureka High School for the Hoops & Heroes event! ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ and ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ played alongside Humboldt County first responders in a fun matchup against Zaneโs 8th grade boys and girls basketball teams. With a little help from donation-powered points, Read More ยป
Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe Gains Stewardship of Leavey Ranch
๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐๐โ The Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe (BLR) is honored to assume stewardship of Leavey Ranch, a historic 240-acre property adjacent to BLR Tribal lands. As the ancestral home of the Wiyot people, this land return marks a vital step in correcting historical injustices and ensuring sustainable land management for future generations. Jim Leavey Read More ยป