The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California is a

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Government

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians is an independent, sovereign tribal government led by an elected Tribal Council. * Tribal chairwoman: Regina Cuellar * Tribal vice-chair: Malissa Tayaba * Council member: Daniel Burnett * Council member: Jacky Calanchini * Council member: Allan Campbell * Council member: Pat Cuellar * Council member: Brian Fonseca

Reservation

The Shingle Springs Rancheria () is located in El Dorado County."Shingle Springs Rancheria Tribal Court."
''California Courts.'' Retrieved 31 May 2012. It lies in the heart of

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or southern

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territory ''Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.'' 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012. Nearby communities are Shingle Springs and Diamond Springs. On June 14, 2013, Rep.

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introduced into the

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the bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take certain Federal lands located in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (H.R. 2388; 113th Congress). The bill would take specified federal land in

El Dorado County, California El Dorado County (), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The County is part of the Sacramento- Roseville-A ...

, into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. The

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would be responsible for carrying this out. The

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provided the following background information about the situation when it testified about the bill before the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs of the House Natural Resources Committee: "On December 16, 1916, the Secretary of the Interior purchased the 160-acre Shingle Springs Rancheria east of Sacramento in El Dorado County, California at the request of the Sacramento-Verona Band of Miwok Indians. Today's members of the Shingle Springs Rancheria are descendants of the Miwok and

Indians who once lived in this region. Currently, there are approximately 500 enrolled members of the Tribe, with about 140 living on the Rancheria. The tribe has expressed an interest in expanding the Rancheria by adding adjacent BLM-managed lands for improved access and additional residential housing for the tribe."

Education

The ranchería is served by the Mother Lode Union Elementary School District and

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Notable tribal citizens

Harry Fonseca Harry Eugene Fonseca (1946 – 2006) was a Nisenan Native Americans in the United States, Native American artist, and illustrator. He was an enrolled citizen of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. Education Harry Eugene Fonseca was bor ...

(1946–2006), painter

Notes

References

* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples''. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

External links

Official Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians Miwok Maidu Native American tribes in California Federally recognized tribes in the United States El Dorado County, California