page_title: Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians
section_title: Membership and leadership
hierarchical_section_title: Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians / Membership and leadership
caption_attribution_description: English: Ras K-Dee, Pomo singer, youth advocate, and editor of SNAG magazine, performing in Port Arena, California
context_page_description: The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo people, an indigenous people of California. It has a reservation near Geyserville, California, in Sonoma County, where it operates the River Rock Casino Resort.
context_section_description: In 2001 the tribe had a Coup d'état. Members of the tribe, without notice, attempted to recall and replace the government (Tribal Board of Directors).  The tribe resolved the problem internally (privately).  However, appeals were made to the BIA that have made the information public.
  On May 22, 2010 the tribe had a Coup d'état. Two special meetings were called - one by the Chairman (Harvey Hopkins) and one by two other Board members - to attempt recall of three Board members.  No recall was successful but by a "force of numbers" the Chairman was removed, or perhaps removed himself (abdicated) to allow a "cooling off" or "de-escalation" period before "normal" operations could resume later in the summer.
  In the fall of 2010 the government had re-assembled and worked to hold regular Board elections.  The 2010–2012 Board is: Harvey Hopkins, Chairman (retained); Salvina Norris, Vice-Chair (replaced Gus Pina); Margie Rojes, Secretary/Treasurer (replaced Salvina Norris); Marina Nojima (retained) and Jim Silva (replaced Gabe Nevarez), Members at Large.
  The current population of the Dry Creek Pomo is a matter of some controversy. At the beginning of 2009, there were approximately 970 enrolled members. That year, tribal leadership proposed to disenroll members (between 70–143, depending on accounts), resulting in protests in March 2009. In March 2014, the tribe notified another 75 members that they faced expulsion.
  Chris Wright is the elected Chairman of the Board of Directors, and has served as such since 2014 (replacing Harvey Hopkins, Chairman 2004–2014). The other members of the Tribal Board of Directors are Betty Arterberry (Vice-Chairman),  Margie Rojes (Secretary/Treasurer), Jim Silva (Member at Large) and Tieraney Giron (Member at Large).
caption: Ras K'Dee, Dry Creek Pomo singer
  and editor of SNAG Magazine,[6] performing in Point Arena, California
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