Buena Vista Rancheria - Buena Vista, CA - Nations Within Nations on Waymarking.com

"The tribe conducts business from Sacramento, California.[3] The tribe is led by an elected council. The current tribal chairperson is Rhonda Morningstar Pope.

Tribal staff includes Dr. Roselynn Lwenya, the environmental resources director, and Arnold Samuel, the General Counsel. Tribal enrollment is based in lineal descent from original tribal members; that is, the tribe has no minimum blood quantum requirements.

The federal acknowledgement of "Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians," is being challenged by a lawsuit that is currently awaiting scheduling in the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco in "Friends of Amador County, et al. versus Ken Salazar, et al." 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" (visit link)

Type of Nation Within: Native American Indian Reservation (USA) Tribe or Band: Buena Vista Rancheria Address of Main Entrance to area: 4650 Coal Mine Rd Buena Vista, CA USA Land Area - Specify Acres or Miles: 67 acres Date when area was established or set aside: 01/01/1927 Open or Closed to Public: Closed to Public Website for further information: [Web Link] Coordinates of site within area to visit: N 38° 16.535 W 120° 54.639 Population: Not listed

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