• Source: Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California

The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Miwok in Amador County, California. The Buena Vista Miwok are Sierra Miwok, an indigenous people of California.




Government


The tribe conducts business from Sacramento, California. The tribe is led by an elected council. The current tribal chairperson is Rhonda Morningstar Pope.
Tribal enrollment is based in lineal descent from original tribal members; that is, the tribe has no minimum blood quantum requirements.
In 2013, the federal acknowledgment of "Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians," was being challenged by a lawsuit that was awaiting scheduling in the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco in "Friends of Amador County, et al. versus Ken Salazar, et al."




Reservation


The Buena Vista Rancheria is 67 acres (0.27 km2) parcel of land, located just outside the census-designated place of Buena Vista. The land once belonged to the Oliver family and was purchased by the federal government to establish an Indian rancheria in 1927.




Casino


Harrah's Northern California is a tribal casino owned by the tribe and located on its reservation. Caesars Entertainment manages the casino and licenses the Harrah's name to the tribe. The casino has 71,000 square feet (6,600 m2) of gaming space with 20 table games and about 1,000 slot machines.
The tribe won its legal fight against Amador County to allow the development of the casino in 2016. In 2018, the tribe sold $205 million of high-interest junk bonds to finance the project, and struck its development agreement with Caesars. The casino opened on 29 April 2019.




History


The rancheria was unilaterally terminated by Congress, along with 42 other rancherias, under the California Rancheria Act of 1958. The tribe has been federally recognized since 1985. In 1970, President Richard Nixon declared the Rancheria Act a failure. The Buena Vista Rancheria tribe joined 16 other native California tribes in a class action lawsuit, Tillie Hardwick v. United States to restore their sovereignty, and in 1987, the tribes won their lawsuit. On 22 December 1983 the Buena Vista Rancheria tribe ratified its constitution.




See also


Plains and Sierra Miwok
California Rancheria Termination Acts




Notes






= References

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Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1




External links


Official Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California
• Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California
• California Rancheria Termination Acts
• Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
• List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States
• California Valley Miwok Tribe
• Miwok
• Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California
• List of Indian reservations in the United States
• List of federally recognized tribes by state