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The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of indigenous people of California, affiliated with the Chukchansi subgroup of the Foothills Yokuts. The Picayune Rancheria , founded in 1912 and located in Coarsegold, California , covers 160 acres (1 km 2 ) in Madera County and serves as the tribal land .
In 1864, the Tule River Farm became the Tule River Reservation, one of five Indian reservations authorized by Congress. [clarification needed] When the United States defeated Half the Owens Valley Paiutes in the Owens Valley Indian War of 1863, they were removed to the reservation, whose population nearly doubled.
Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino is a Native American casino located just off of State Route 41 in Coarsegold, California, between Fresno and Yosemite National Park. It is owned and operated by the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians. [1] The 56,000-square-foot (5,200 m 2) casino has 1,800 slot machines, and 43 table games.
Chukchansi (then spelled "Chuck Chance") in Coarsegold, California. ca.1900. The Chukchansi, native to the Coarsegold region, have a history dating back over 8,000 years. They are part of a larger group known as the Yokuts, classified by anthropologists based on linguistic similarities among approximately 60 tribes in the Central Vall
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A Chukchansi (then spelled "Chuckachancy") family near Oakhurst, California. ca.1920. Estimates for the pre-contact populations of most native groups in California have varied substantially (See Population of Native California). Alfred L. Kroeber in 1925 [16] put the 1770 population of the Yokuts at 18,000.
Valley Yokuts is a dialect cluster of the Yokuts language of California.. Chukchansi, which is still spoken natively, has language classes and a preschool for children.It is also taught at a local elementary school.
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