rancheria
Americannoun
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rancherias
plural
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a family household unit or settlement.
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a hut or house where rancheros live.
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a village of such huts.
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During the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rancheria donated $5,000 each to 60 businesses struggling to stay afloat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
In just one year, 2018, the rancheria said it gave more than $1.2 million to community organizations, helping serve the homeless and victims of the Carr Fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
The rancheria — home to descendants from three historic tribes — began planning the development nearly two decades ago, envisioning a regional magnet for tourists and gamblers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
In 1939, the Wintu, Pit River, Yana and other Indigenous peoples formed a rancheria government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
The estimate of Adam Johnston of an average of 125 per rancheria on the lower Tuolumne has already been mentioned.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne F. Cook
It took a landmark 1983 court settlement to formally restore recognition of 17 rancherias, including the one in Redding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Often the land is referred to as a reservation, but also as rancherias in California and pueblos in New Mexico.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Small reservations and rancherias for California Native Americans were created piecemeal by various Presidential executive orders and Congress.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2022
Although California has the largest Native American population in the U.S., only a small portion of California Natives live on reservations or rancherias with intact ecosystems that could benefit from cultural burns.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2022
Five rancherias can be ascribed logically to the Merced: Chineguis, Yunate, Chamuasi, Latelate, and Lachuo.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne F. Cook
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