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State

California

In the record

Royce’s schedule records 58 cessions that lie at least partly in California, from 1851 to 1894, under 21 treaties, agreements and acts. The peoples named most often are Klamath, Kumeyaay (Diegueno), Tule River Indian Tribe, Round Valley Indian Tribes, Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria and 4 more.

The atlas records 3 broken treaty promises here, including California: 18 unratified treaties (1851-52) and the secrecy until 1905, Western Shoshone: Treaty of Ruby Valley (1863) and the ICC payment the Nation refuses and Termination policy: House Concurrent Resolution 108 (1953) and Public Law 280. Land has come back here: WélmeltiɁ Preserve returned to Washoe Tribe, California goal of 7.5 million acres under tribal stewardship, Mechoopda regain 450 acres in Big Chico Creek watershed and 'O Rew Redwoods Gateway returned to Yurok Tribe.

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Treaty or agreementTreaty under documented pressureUnratified treatyAct of CongressExecutive orderNot statedShapes from the 1899 federal record: approximate, not legal boundaries.

Everything here is linked at state level only. The atlas does not look up addresses or parcels, and a cession touching a state does not tell you whose land a particular place is.

Who is doing the work

Land return and Native-led work nearby

Native legal and land defense, nationally

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