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[[newspaper clipping]] Friday, Sept. 25, 1970 San Jose Mercury Indians Hit State With Suit SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- Charging the state protected gold rush miners who drove them from their lands, Pit River Indians Thursday served a summons on Gov. Ronald Reagan which added him as a defendant in a $10 billion damage suit. Mickey Gemmill, chairman of the Northern California tribe, served the papers to Bob Keyes, the governor's community relations secretary. Reagan was campaigning in Southern California. A group of 14 Indians - including [[underscore]] Grace Thorpe, daughter of Indian athlete Jim Thorpe [[/underscore]] - accompanied the 26 year old Gemmill to Reagan's office. The Indian leaders also served a summons on the governor's receptionist, Jackie Hebecken, adding the state as a defendant. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] Scientific Analysis Corporation from AMERICAN INDIAN DESK Gemmill was a leader in the tribe's occupation of a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. campground last June. The Indians at first tried to occupy Lassen Volcanic National Park but were turned back at the gate by armed law officers. The suit, charging that nearly 3.5 millions acres of land was taken illegally from the tribe, originally named PG&E and three Shasta County officials as defendants. While the treaties were before the U.S. Senate, it says, a state legislative resolution asked that they not be ratified and said the Indians should be removed from the state. The treaties were not ratified, and "miners and home- steaders proce[[covered by another clipping]] open season[[covered by another clipping]] their attorney[[covered by another clipping]] man said n Sar[[covered by another clipping]] [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] THE SACRAMENTO BEE Wednesday, Feb. 3, 1971 Indians File Suit Seeking $4 Billion Against PGE McClatchy Newspapers Service REDDING--Pit River Indians, who have been fighting physically and legally for almost a year to get 3.5 million acres in Northern California returned to them, have filed a law suit seeking more than $4 billion against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and its employe [[sic]] organization. The suit filed yesterday afternoon against PG&E and the Public Service Employes [[sic]] Association in Shasta County Superior Court by San Francisco Attorney Aubrey Grossman follows complaints signed by PG&E charging 43 Indians with trespassing at Camp Pit, a company picnic area near Big Bend. Shasta County. The Indians occupied the property, which is under control of PSEA, during June and were arrested several times by area law enforcement officers at the request of PG&E. Grossman contended that had the plaintiffs not been Indians, a demand for their arrest would not have been made by PG&E. He also charged that PSEA was controlled by PG&E and the trespassing charges were pressed "with malice and wantoness [[sic]]." [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] San Francisco Chronicle 9 ** Fri., Sept. 25, 1970 Pit Indians Serve Summons on Reaga[[covered by another clipping]] Sacramento Pit River Indians served a summons on Governor Ronald Reagan yesterday, adding him as a defendant in their $5 billion damage suit which charges that nearly 3.5 million acres of land were taken from them illegally. Mickey Gemmill, 26, of Hat Creek, served the summons on Bob Keyes, Reagan's community relations secretary. The governor was[[covered by another clipping]] paigning in southern C[[covered by another clipping]] nia. Gemmill, Pit River[[covered by another clipping]] chairman, was a lea[[covered by another clipping]] the tribe's takeover o[[covered by another clipping]] cific Gas and Electri[[covered by another clipping]] pany campground las[[covered by another clipping]] He was accompanie[[covered by another clipping]] other Indians, incl[[covered by another clipping]] [[underscore]] Grace Thorpe, daug[[covered by another clipping]] late Indian athle[[covered by another clipping]] Thorpe.[[/underscore]] [[/newspaper clipping]]
