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To: dm <email address not displayed> Your Name: Email address: Subject: Message: dm wrote on the message board: > Our Land: > The original 30 acres of the Rancheria were purchased August 15, 1923 > under the Landless and Homeless Act, under which the U.S. Congress > provided funds to purchase land for landless and homeless California > Indians. > On June 6, 1975 Clifton C. Cramer and Betty G. Cramer performed a Quit > Claim conveyance of the old Indian Cemetery consisting of .53 acres to > the Bureau of Indian Affairs to hold into trust for the Susanville > Indian Rancheria. The Bureau of Indian Affairs accepted this > conveyance on December 7, 1981. > An additional 120 acres was added to the Rancheria on October 14, 1978 > under the special legislation of Public Law 95-459 which was sponsored > by the honorable Congressman Bizz Johnson. > Another 80 acres was donated to the Rancheria in 1994 that has not > been put in to Federal Trust status. > An additional 72 acres located at the Sierra Army Depot based in > Herlong, California was acquired from the U.S. Department of the Army > under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act and added to the > Rancheria on November 6, 2000. > The Susanville Indian Rancheria Housing Authority purchased 3.21 acres > on December 30, 2000, transferred the land to the tribe, and the land > was accepted into trust status on January 5, 2004. > On March 29, 2002 the tribe purchased an additional 875 acres adjacent > to the Upper Rancheria utilizing proceeds from the casino loan from > the Marshall Group and this land was accepted into trust status on > December 08, 2004. > On September 30, 2003, the tribe purchased 160 acres (the Cradle > Valley Ranch) located close to Antelope Lake bringing the total land > base to 1,100.74 acres in trust status and 240 acres in fee status. > > Our Federal Recognition > The Tribe elected to charter under authority of the Indian > Reorganization Act (IRA) of 1934 and thus the initial Rancheria > Constitution and Bylaws were approved by the Secretary of the Interior > on March 3, 1969. > The anthropological tribes associated with the Rancheria are: Maidu, > Paiute, Pit River, and Washoe. The Federal Government, however, > through the Department of Interior recognizes political entities and > not the anthropological entities. > The original 30-acre parcel was purchased from Mrs. Taylor for the > landless and homeless California Indians living in and around the > Susanville area. Because there were many landless and homeless Maidu, > Paiute, Pit River, and Washoe Indians living in the general Susanville > area, the Rancheria land was purchased and considered to have > “federal status as a tribe”. The individual Indians from the > various named tribes thus became one political, governmental entity > with the chartering and approval of its constitution and bylaws by the > Secretary of the Interior in 1969. > The Susanville Indian Rancheria, although it is made up of various > other tribes, is recognized as a distinct (political) entity from the > other tribes who make up the Susanville membership. There is no dual > membership allowed in the Susanville Constitution. > The Washoe Tribe is formed and recognized by the Federal Government as > the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. The eleven small bands’ > of the Pit River Indians have formed and is recognized by the Federal > Government as the Pit River Nation. The Maidu Tribes are in the > process of forming under the recognition process through the Bureau of > Indian Affairs. The Susanville Indian Rancheria is acknowledged as the > recognized tribe for the Rancheria although there are four > anthropological tribes involved, each of which is recognized as > political entities. Thus, the Federal Government recognizes only the > Susanville Indian Rancheria as the political entity for the > Rancheria. > The governing body of the Susanville Indian Rancheria is the General > Council, which is composed of all the members who are at least > eighteen years old. The General Council has delegated the > responsibility of running the day-to-day business of the Rancheria to > the Tribal Business Council, which is a seven-member board. The > members are elected by the General Council members every three years. > The officers of the Tribal Business Council are: Chairman, Vice > Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer. > > Our Membership > As of June 2016, the Tribe has a voting membership of 731, but > including members under the age of eighteen there is a total > membership of 1,115 which includes 150 elders (55 years of age and > older), 581 adults between 18 and 54 years of age, and 384 minors. > The Tribal Health Program serves over 1,900 Native Americans in Lassen > County. > http://www.sir-nsn.gov/history/ Code: Enter the following code: (required) Consider sharing your comments with the other readers of the message board. 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