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Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe

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Recognition, as each source states it

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Federal relationship terminated and not restored, California (Nevada County)Nevada City Rancheria terminated under the California Rancheria Act of 1958 (Pub. L. 85-671, amended Pub. L. 88-419); tribe sued as Nisenan Maidu Tribe of the Nevada City Rancheria (N.D. Cal. No. 5:10-cv-00270).source

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A. Termination of the Nevada City Rancheria Under the Rancheria Act
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Today, the Nisenan continue to live with the legacy of the gold rush and subsequent policies of termination and landlessness.