The Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Native Americans of the Colusa Native Americans Community of the Colusa Rancheria is a

federally recognized tribe This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the Unite ...

Wintun The Wintun are members of several related Native American peoples of Northern California, including the Wintu (northern), Nomlaki (central), and Patwin (southern).Pritzker, 152 California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

Reservation

The tribe's reservation is the Colusa Rancheria, also known as the Cachildehe Rancheria. The ranchería is located in

Colusa County, California Colusa County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,839. The county seat is Colusa. It is in the North Valley of California, northwest of the state capital, Sacramento. History ...

and was founded in 1907. The average elevation is 59 feet (18 m), and the ranchería is large. are in federal trust and are owned privately by the tribe. Population is approximately 77.California Native Americans and Their Reservations: C.
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Government

The Colusa Indian Colony is governed by a democratically elected tribal council. They are headquartered in

Colusa, California Colusa is a city and county seat of Colusa County, California, located in the Sacramento Valley region of the Central Valley. The population was 5,971 at the 2010 census, up from 5,402 at the 2000 census. Colusi originates from the local Coru N ...

, and their current tribal chairperson is Wayne Mitchum.

Language

Traditionally, the tribe spoke the Wintun/Patwin language, a Wintuan language of the

Penutian language family Penutian is a proposed grouping of language families that includes many Native American languages of western North America, predominantly spoken at one time in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. The existence of a Penuti ...

. The Colusa Indian Community Council published a language book and are working on language CDs and DVDs to help foster language preservation."Government."
''Colusa Indian Community.'' 2010 (retrieved 30 June 2010) The traditional language spoken by Wintun (Patwin) people was not Wintu, but Patwin or Wintun. Wintu was a Penutian language spoken by the Wintu people of lands north of Cottonwood Creek in the area of Redding, California.

Economic development

The tribe owns and operates the Colusa Casino Resort, Table 45 (casual dining), 37 Seventy (fine dining), and Jack's Place (bar), all located inside Colusa Casino Resort."Colusa Casino Resort."
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History

The Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians, with 45 original members, ratified their constitution and by-laws on November 23, 1941. In 1969 the tribe started to build a traditional roundhouse and refurbished it in 1993.

Education

The ranchería is served by the

Colusa Unified School District Colusa Unified School District is located in Colusa, California Colusa is a city and county seat of Colusa County, California, located in the Sacramento Valley region of the Central Valley (California), Central Valley. The population was 5,971 ...

Notes

References

* Hinton, Leanne. ''Flutes of Fire: Essays on California Indian Languages''. Berkeley: Heyday Books, 1994. . * Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .

External links

Colusa Indian Community
official website

* {{authority control Wintun Geography of Colusa County, California Native American tribes in California American Indian reservations in California Federally recognized tribes in the United States 1941 establishments in California