rancherias
- plural of rancheria.
Example Sentences
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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
If the last two are omitted, it is evident that Moraga saw or knew about four rancherias, Telame I and II, Uholasi, and the unnamed big rancheria.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
