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GAMELLNO SAND Or M155ION INDIAN5 - KIZH NATION <br />Historically Known as The San Gabriel band of Mission Jndians <br />recognized 6y thejtate of California as the aboriginal tribe of the Los Angeles basin <br />LSA <br />20 Executive Park Suite 200 <br />Irvine, CA 92614 <br />March 29, 2018 <br />Re: Section 106 Fairview St. Widening and Bridge Replacement Project, Santa Ana Orange County <br />Dear Kerrie Collison, <br />Please find this letter as a written request for consultation regarding the Fairview St. Widening and Bridge Project in the <br />City of Santa Ana, Orange County. Your project lies within our ancestral tribal territory, meaning descending from, a <br />higher degree of kinship than traditional or cultural affiliation. Your project is located within a sensitive area and may <br />cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of our tribal cultural resources. Most often, a records search for <br />our tribal cultural resources will result in a "no records found" for the project area. The Native American Heritage <br />Commission, ethnographers, historians, and professional archaeologists can only provide limited information that has <br />been previously documented about California Native Tribes. This is the reason the Native American Heritage Commission <br />(NAHC) will always refer the lead agency to the respective Native American Tribe of the area because the NAHC is only <br />aware of general information and are not the experts on each California Tribe. Our Elder Committee & tribal historians are <br />the experts for our Tribe and are able to provide a more complete history (both written and oral) regarding the location of <br />historic villages, trade routes, cemeteries and sacred/religious sites in the project area. Therefore, to avoid adverse effects <br />to our potential tribal cultural resources on your project site, at the consultation, we will be providing information <br />pertaining to the significance of tribal cultural resources and the significance of the project's impacts to these resources. <br />We will provide a variety of resources including, but not limited to; ethnography notes, maps, and oral history. We will <br />also be prepared to discuss mitigation measures we feel are appropriate to protect our tribal cultural resources from <br />substantial adverse change to their significance. <br />Consultation appointments are available during standard business hours on Wednesdays and Thursdays at our offices at <br />901 N. Citrus Ave. Covina, CA 91722 or over the phone. Please call toll free 1-844-390-0787 or email <br />gabrielenoindians@yahoo.com to schedule an appointment. <br />With Respect, <br />Andrew Salas, Chairman <br />Andrew Salas, `airman Nadine Salas, Vice -Chairman Christina Swindall Martinez, secretary <br />Albert Perez, treasurer I Martha Gonzalez Lemos, treasurer 11 Rickard Gradias, Ckairman of the Council of EIders <br />PO box 393, Covina, CA 91723 www.ga6rielenoindianr,.org ga6rielenoinclian5@yahoo.com <br />