The Buena Vista Rancheria tribe joined 16 other native California tribes in a class action lawsuit, Tillie Hardwick v.

In 1970, President Richard Nixon declared the Rancheria Act a failure. The tribe has been federally recognized since 1985. The rancheria was unilaterally terminated by Congress, along with 42 other rancherias, under the California Rancheria Act of 1958. In 2018, the tribe sold $205 million of high-interest junk bonds to finance the project, and struck its development agreement with Caesars.

The tribe won its legal fight against Amador County to allow the development of the casino in 2016. The casino has 71,000 square feet (6,600 m 2) of gaming space with 20 table games and about 1,000 slot machines. Caesars Entertainment manages the casino and licenses the Harrah's name to the tribe. Harrah's Northern California is a tribal casino owned by the tribe and located on its reservation. The land once belonged to the Oliver family and was purchased by the federal government to establish an Indian rancheria in 1927. The Buena Vista Rancheria is 67 acres (0.27 km 2) parcel of land, located just outside the census-designated place of Buena Vista. In 2013, the federal acknowledgment of 'Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians,' was being challenged by a lawsuit that was awaiting scheduling in the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco in 'Friends of Amador County, et al. Tribal enrollment is based in lineal descent from original tribal members that is, the tribe has no minimum blood quantum requirements. The current tribal chairperson is Rhonda Morningstar Pope. The tribe conducts business from Sacramento, California. The Buena Vista Miwok are Sierra Miwok, an indigenous people of California. The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Miwok in Amador County, California. Indian tribe in California, United Statesīuena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California Regions with significant populationsĮnglish, historically Northern Sierra Miwok language, Central Sierra Miwok language, and Southern Sierra Miwok language

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