Statement Regarding the Impoundment of a Trailer from Lot 20 of the Twin Palms/Wind River Subdivision
July 23, 2010

PARKER, Arizona (July 23, 2010) On July 22, 2010, the Colorado River Indian Tribes Police Department removed and
impounded a Viking Mobile Home trailer from Lot 20 of the Twin Palms/Wind River Subdivision (Twin Palms). The Colorado River Indian Tribes provides this statement in an effort to minimize rumors and speculation regarding this action.

From 1980 to 1994, Twin Palms Lot 20 was leased to Mr. Ronald Jones pursuant to a permit entered into by the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the Colorado River Indian Tribes (Tribe). The permit was executed by Mr. Jones, the Tribal Council Chairman and Secretary of the Tribe, and the Superintendent of the Colorado River Agency. The permit document is identical to the more than 100 permits issued by the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the Tribe to residents of Water Wheel, Shaggy Tree, McCoy, Twin Palms, Rymer, Jack Aye, Sansbar, and Lingle Akin Subdivisions.

Through the permit, Mr. Jones expressly acknowledged that the Lot was "Tribal Land" and was "within the Colorado River Indian Reservation." Mr. Jones further agreed that the permit did not, "confer upon Permittee [Jones] any equity, right, title or interest to or in the permitted lands." Further, Mr. Jones relinquished, "all past, present or future claims of right, title or interest in, the lands held under this permit or any other lands within the Colorado River Indian Reservation." Mr. Jones also agreed to remove any improvements or personal property from Lot 20 within thirty (30) days from the expiration or termination of the permit. Finally, Mr. Jones agreed that any improvements or personal property not removed from Lot 20 within the thirty (30) day period, "shall become the property of the Permitter [Tribe] and shall be subject to disposition by Permitter [Tribe] free from any responsibility to the Permittee [Jones] or any third party in connection therewith."

On August 10, 1994, the Superintendent of the Colorado River Agency cancelled Mr. Jones' permit. The permit was cancelled due to the failure of Mr. Jones to pay rent. Pursuant to the terms of his permit, Mr. Jones was provided with thirty (30) days to
vacate Lot 20 and remove any improvements or personal property. Also pursuant to the terms of his permit any improvements or personal property that remained on Lot 20 after the thirty (30) day period became the property of the Tribe.

On May 27, 2010, the Tribe posted Trespass Notices on fourteen (14) lots within Twin Palms, including Lot 20. During the process of posting these notices, the Tribe noted that a boat, with an expired registration dating to 2001, and trailer, which was not connected to power, sewer, water or any other service, remained on Lot 20. On June 22, the Tribe's Police Department posted a Notice of Abandonment and Intention to Impound on the boat located on Twin Palms Lot 20. After waiting for longer than the statutory period, the Police Department impounded the boat on June 24.

On June 29, Mr. Jones met with the Tribe. During that meeting Mr. Jones indicated that his primary residence was in the Morongo Valley and that he visited Lot 20 only very occasionally. Mr. Jones also acknowledged that his permit was terminated in 1994 and
that he did not have a valid permit or lease for Lot 20. Mr. Jones also claimed that both the boat and trailer on Lot 20 belonged to him. The Tribe again advised Mr. Jones he was in trespass and offered to engage in settlement discussions with him to resolve his
back rent and penalties and to enter into a new lease agreement. Mr. Jones declined this offer. The Tribe then encouraged him to remove the trailer from the lot.

On July 6, Mr. Jones met again with the Tribe. The purpose of this meeting was to provide Mr. Jones with an opportunity to redeem the impounded boat. During the meeting the Tribe again offered to engage in settlement discussions with him. Mr. Jones
declined the offer, failed to provide a copy of the boat title and failed to pay the impound fees.

On July 11, the Tribe's Police Department posted a Notice of Abandonment and Intention to Impound on the trailer located on Lot 20. Mr. Jones, through his attorney, requested the Notice be withdrawn, a request the Tribe would have considered had Mr. Jones, or his attorney, evinced any serious intention to enter into settlement discussions.

Throughout, the Tribe exercised considerable restraint. Pursuant to the terms of the permit Mr. Jones executed, the improvements and personal property remaining on Lot 20 became the property of the Tribe in September 1994. However, the Tribe elected to post the property as abandoned in an effort to provide an additional, but not required, layer of notice to Mr. Jones or any other person claiming an ownership interest in the boat or trailer.

As the Tribe has stated in the Trespass Notices posted in the Water Wheel, Twin Palms and Lingle Akin Subdivisions on May 27, the Shaggy Tree and McCoy Subdivisions on July 1, and will be posting in the Rymer, Jack Aye and Sansbar Subdivisions, the Tribe would prefer to amicably resolve the many cases of trespass within these subdivisions. The Tribe is encouraged by the numerous positive responses it has received to these notices and hopes it will reach an amicable resolution to each and every instance of trespass on its lands.

Once again, the Tribe invites and encourages any person who occupies its land without a valid permit or lease to contact the Tribe's Attorney General, Eric Shepard, at (928) 669-1271 to make arrangements to stay on the property lawfully.