• Rick Bartow

Mad River Band of the Wiyot Tribe

also known as "Wiyot"

“Mission Statement: The mission of the Wiyot Tribe is to exercise our tribal rights and promote our common welfare, to establish the supreme law of the Tribe, to provide for and protect our sovereign right to exercise self-government pursuant to our own laws, to protect and develop our lands and resources, and to promote and safeguard our aboriginal rights as Wiyot people.” (source: Tribal website)

History and Culture of the Wiyot People

Wiyot Ancestral Lands

Soulatluk (Wiyot Language)

Soulatluk learning materials

Historical & Linguistic Background of Soulatluk 

Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution (the Supremacy Clause)

“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”