Native American tribes: ethnohistory: report.

Existing law establishes the Native American Heritage Commission, consisting of 9 members appointed by the Governor subject to Senate confirmation. Existing law, among other things, authorizes the commission to bring an action to prevent severe and irreparable damage to, or assure appropriate access for Native Americans to, a Native American sanctified cemetery, place of worship, religious or ceremonial site, or sacred shrine located on public property. This bill, no later than January 1, 2024, would require the commission to prepare, or cause to be prepared, a report on the ethnohistory of Native American tribes in the Sacramento region covering the period from January 1, 1950, through the present, as provided. The bill would require that this report include recommendations for how to expand the ethnography and ethnohistory to include other Native American tribes in California. The bill would require the commission to submit copies of the report to specified entities and to maintain a copy in its records. The bill would appropriate the sum of $135,000 from the General Fund for this purpose.