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Tule River Indian Tribe · tule river · Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, CaliforniaTule River Indian Tribe
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- Official name
- Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- California
In the record
C. C. Royce’s 1899 schedule records 3 cessions of land from Tule River Indian Tribe: about 70 thousand acres by this atlas’s estimate, counting overlaps once. 2 of them came through executive orders. The largest was Reservation of the King's River, Owen's river and others in California (area 547), about 74 thousand acres.
This nation carries the history of Cah-wai, Ta-lum-ne, Wic-chum-ne, Yo-kol, Ko-ya-te, Chu-nute and 2 more in the treaty record. Land has come back: Tule River Tribe reclaims 17,030 acres in Yowlumne Hills.
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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Land recorded as ceded
- Executive order70 thousand
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
3 cessions. Follow Tule River Indian Tribe through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
Working with these nations
- Tule River Indian Tribe Nation government 17,030 acres (Yowlumne Hills) with tule elk reintroduction, Oct 2025
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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Land recorded in this nation’s name 12
- Land of the Chu-nute, Co-ye-tie and others in California, ceded 1851 (area 284)1851matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the Ko-ya-te, New-chow-we and others in California, ceded 1851 (area 279)1851matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Cah-wia, Choi-nuck and others in California (area 276)1851matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Cas-son, Cho-e-nem-nee and others in California (area 275)1851matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Chu-nute, Co-ye-tie and others in California (area 282)1851matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Chu-nute, Co-ye-tie and others in California (area 283)1851matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Ko-ya-te, New-chow-we and others in California (area 277)1851matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Ko-ya-te, New-chow-we and others in California (area 278)1851matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the Tule River or Madden Farm reservation Indians in California (area 402)1856as named in the 1899 record
- Reservation of the Chook-chan-cie, Chow-chilla and others in California (area 423)1859matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Land of the King's River and Tule River or Madden Farm reservation Indians in California, ceded 1878 (area 607)1873matched by the Forest Service, under review
- Reservation of the King's River, Owen's river and others in California (area 547)1873as named in the 1899 record
Carries the treaty history of 8
Governed by 1
Named in 1
Organizations that work with this nation 1
Sources
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/01/30/2026-01899.txtprimary record
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 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-tule-river-tribe.
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