Nation
Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of CaliforniaPicayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California
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- Official name
- Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
In the record
This nation carries the history of Chook-cha-nees in the treaty record.
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.
Who is doing the work
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
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Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 11, matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the A-pang-asse, Aplache and others in California, ceded 1851 (area 274)1851
- Land of the Chu-nute, Co-ye-tie and others in California, ceded 1851 (area 284)1851
- Land of the Ko-ya-te, New-chow-we and others in California, ceded 1851 (area 279)1851
- Reservation of the A-pang-asse, Aplache and others in California (area 273)1851
- Reservation of the Cah-wia, Choi-nuck and others in California (area 276)1851
- Reservation of the Cas-son, Cho-e-nem-nee and others in California (area 275)1851
- Reservation of the Chu-nute, Co-ye-tie and others in California (area 282)1851
- Reservation of the Chu-nute, Co-ye-tie and others in California (area 283)1851
- Reservation of the Ko-ya-te, New-chow-we and others in California (area 277)1851
- Reservation of the Ko-ya-te, New-chow-we and others in California (area 278)1851
- Reservation of the Chook-chan-cie, Chow-chilla and others in California (area 423)1859
Carries the treaty history of 1
Sources
- 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).
- Kind
- Nation
- Confidence
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