Cedarville Rancheria
The Cedarville Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Northern Paiute people in Modoc County, California.
California tribes
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Juaneño Band of Mission Indians
The Juaneño Band of Mission Indians is recognized by the State of California, but is not federally recognized. They traditionally lived along the coast in what is now Orange and San Diego counties in California.
San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians
The ataaxam people have occupied the San Luis Rey Valley in California since the beginning of time. The San Luis Rey Band of Luiseño Indians has kept its identity as a people within the local communities that now exist on those ancestral tribal lands.
Muwekma Ohlone Tribe
The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe comprises all of the known surviving Native American lineages indigenous to the San Francisco Bay region who trace their ancestry through the Mission Dolores, Mission Santa Clara and Mission San Jose and who descend from members of the historic Federally Recognized Verona Band of Alameda County.
They received a favorable opinion from the U.S. District in Washington, D.C., of their court case to expedite the reaffirmation of the tribe as a federally recognized tribe on September 21, 2006. The Advisory Council on California Indian Policy assisted in their case. They lost the case in 2011, and have filed an appeal.
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
The Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria are the people of the Eel River Basin. They are located in Northern California on the Pacific coast in Loleta, California. Members are mostly Wiyot and Mattole.
Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians of California
In 1909, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) purchased 280 acres of land to be held in trust for the benefit of the San Joaquin or Big Sandy Band of Western Mono Indians. This land became known as the Big Sandy Rancheria of Auberry