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Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria · mechoopda · mi-chop-da · Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California · Mikćapdo · MikcapdoMechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria
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- Official name
- Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- California
In the record
The United States made one treaty or agreement that names Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria as a party: California Treaty G: Bidwell's Ranch, Chico Creek, 1851 (unratified).
C. C. Royce’s 1899 schedule records 2 cessions of land from Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria: about 3.5 million acres by this atlas’s estimate, counting overlaps once. 2 of them came through treaties the Senate never ratified. The largest was Land of the Bat-si, Che-no and others in California, ceded 1851 (area 291), about 3.5 million acres, ceded under California Treaty G: Bidwell's Ranch, Chico Creek, 1851 (unratified).
This nation carries the history of Es-kuin, Mi-chop-da and Su-nus in the treaty record. Land has come back: Mechoopda regain 450 acres in Big Chico Creek watershed.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
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Self-names
- MikćapdoKonkow/Maidu (as written by the tribe)
Official names
Land recorded as ceded
- Unratified treaty4 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
2 cessions. Follow Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
Working with these nations
- Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria Nation government 450 acres (2026), first ancestral land return in the Big Chico Creek watershed
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
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Carries the treaty history of 3
Land recorded in this nation’s name 2, as named in the 1899 record
Party to 1
Governed by 1
Named in 1
Sources
- mechoopda-nsn.gov/reference work
The ancestral village of the Mikćapdo was located on Little Butte Creek, less than 4 miles south of downtown Chico.
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, California
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes
From org-mechoopda.
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