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This Category includes contemporary Indian Reservations, Indian Colonies, and Rancherias within the U.S. state of California. For historical Native American settlements see: Category: Former Native American populated places in California
A map of California tribal groups and languages at the time of European contact. The Indigenous peoples of California are the Indigenous inhabitants who have previously lived or currently live within the current boundaries of California before and after the arrival of Europeans.
There are approximately 326 federally recognized Indian Reservations in the United States. [1] Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.
Many places throughout the U.S. state of California take their names from the languages of the indigenous Native American/American Indian tribes. The following list includes settlements, geographic features, and political subdivisions whose names are derived from these indigenous languages.
The Round Valley Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Indian reservation lying primarily in northern Mendocino County, California, United States. A small part of it extends northward into southern Trinity County. The total land area, including off-reservation trust land, is 93.939 km 2 (36.270 sq mi).
The report, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (book), compiled by Charles C. Royce, includes the 18 lost treaties between the state's tribes and a map of the reservations. Below is the California segment of the report listing the treaties. The full report covered all 48 states' tribal interactions nationwide with the U.S. government.
The reservation consists of two geographically separate sections, with the main one in Indio, and the other in the city of Twenty-Nine Palms at The portion of the Twenty-Nine Palms Reservation ( 33°42′38″N 116°11′12″W / 33.71056°N 116.18667°W / 33.71056; -116.18667 ) in San Bernardino County was established in 1895 and ...
The Torres Martinez Indian Reservation is a federal reservation in Imperial and Riverside Counties, with a total area of 24,024 acres (9,722 ha). [5] It was established in 1876 [ 8 ] and was named for the village of Toro and the Martinez Indian Agency. [ 7 ]