Elk Valley Rancheria

The Elk Valley Rancheria is a rancheria and federally recognized tribe of Tolowa and Yurok people. It is located in the CDP of Bertsch-Oceanview, Del Norte County, California, just east of Crescent City.[1] As of the 2010 Census the population was 99.[2]

Education

The ranchería is served by the Del Norte County Unified School District.

History

Elk Valley Ranchera was originally founded in the early twentieth century with the intent to provide for displaced Native Americans. The ranchera was held in trust by the United States until the California Ranchera Termination Act in 1958. In 1983, Hardwick V. United States created the "1983 Stipulation" allowed Elk Valley Ranchera to reform their lands into a United States held trust and be recognized as a tribe.

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Valley Rancheria
  2. https://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/ipmtext.php?fl=1010%5B%5D

[1]

[2]


  1. Slagle, Allogan. “Unfinished Justice: Completing the Restoration and Acknowledgement of California Indian Tribes.” American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, 1989, pp. 325-45. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/1184519.
  2. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division. Tillie Hardwick, et al., Plaintiffs, vs United States of America, et al . . . 7 Mar. 2014. Casetext, https://casetext.com/case/hardwick-v-united-states-3/.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.