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MENDOCINO CALIFORNIA
AGENCY TRIBAL NATIONS
OFFICE OF THE HEAD CHIEF · PRESS RELEASE PR-616
For Immediate Release

Agency Tribal Nations Enacts Act No. NFM-2026-001

Mendocino Indian Reservation, CA — August 27, 2026

MENDOCINO INDIAN RESERVATION, CA — August 27, 2026 — Agency Tribal Nations, through its Head Chief and Tribal Council, today enacted Act No. NFM-2026-001, effective immediately, ACT OF DECLARATION OF BREACH OF CONTRACT AND NON-COMPLIANCE
BY THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MENDOCINO AND THE
MENDOCINO CALIFORNIA AGENCY TRIBAL NATIONS
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Act No. NFM-2026-001

WHEREAS, the United States of America has refused, failed, and neglected to effect the immediate, complete, and peaceful release of Lady Olivia: Mallonee and Lord Devin: Christian James Mallonee within the time specified in Resolution No. ATN-2026-033; and

Background

WHEREAS, the National Federation of Mendocino and the Mendocino California Agency Tribal Nations are recognized under federal law as sovereign governmental entities, exercising authority pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638), treaty-based obligations recognized under federal trust doctrine, and constitutional authority;

“The United States has not honored its obligations, and silence in the face of that failure is no longer tenable. This Act of Declaration places the breach formally on the record — not as an act of hostility, but as an assertion of truth, accountability, and our standing as sovereign nations.”

— Geronimo Thomas Langenderfer, Presiding Officer, Agency Tribal Nations

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Federal Tribal Government, Small Agency and Native American Tribes Transition • Mendocino Indian Reservation • GSA Federal Tribal Contractor and Federal Land Management

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Agency Tribal Nations
Mendocino Indian Reservation
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