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Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians of the Big Valley Rancheria, California

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1851, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 29,340 km² in 3 cessions across California.

A cession records when the United States took title — not the full extent of a homeland, and much land was taken without any treaty. The link between each cession and present-day nations is the one the U.S. Forest Service and the National NAGPRA Program’s dataset records; the nation’s own account comes first. Corrections: [email protected].

Named in the treaties as: Ca-la-na-po · Cha-nel-kai · Che-com · Da-no-ha-bo · Ha-bi-na-po · How-ku-ma · Me-dam-a-rec · Mo-al-kai

Royce 295, 1851Royce 296, 1851Royce 297, 1851
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
295August 20, 1851 Ca-la-na-po; Cha-nel-kai; Che-com; Da-no-ha-bo; Ha-bi-na-po; How-ku-ma; Me-dam-a-rec; Mo-al-kai · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
296August 20, 1851 Ca-la-na-po; Cha-nel-kai; Che-com; Da-no-ha-bo; Ha-bi-na-po; How-ku-ma; Me-dam-a-rec; Mo-al-kai · with 2 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
297August 22, 1851 Mas-su-ta-ka-ya; Po-mo; Sai-nell; Yu-ki-as · with 13 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule

No trail in Project Homeland crosses these lands yet. A map that shows one, traced in, would add it.

Maps on Native Routes that cover these lands

Cession areas: “Tribal Lands Ceded to the United States” (USDA Forest Service, National NAGPRA Program, EPA and Claudio Saunt, 2018; CC BY 4.0), digitized from Charles C. Royce, Indian Land Cessions in the United States (1899). Outlines simplified to about 1 km. Part of Project Homeland v0.5.2 — how it was made.