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Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California

Lands ceded to the United States by treaty, law or executive order, 1851–1859, as Charles C. Royce recorded them in 1899 — 97,879 km² in 11 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: Ko-ya-te · New-chow-we · Pal-wis-ha · Po-ken-well · Wack-sa-che · Wo-la-si · Ya-wil-chine · Chu-nute

Royce 423, 1859Royce 273, 1851Royce 274, 1851Royce 275, 1851Royce 276, 1851Royce 277, 1851Royce 278, 1851Royce 279, 1851Royce 282, 1851Royce 283, 1851Royce 284, 1851
17841894 See them on the Homeland map

Cessions

Royce no.DateAs the schedule names the partiesSources
273March 19, 1851 A-pang-asse; Aplache; A-wall-a-che; Co-co-noon; Po-to-yan-ti; Si-yan-te · with 5 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
274March 19, 1851 A-pang-asse; Aplache; A-wall-a-che; Co-co-noon; Po-to-yan-ti; Si-yan-te · with 5 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
275April 29, 1851 Cas-son; Cho-e-nem-nee; Cho-ki-men-a; Chook-cha-nee; Chow-chil-lie; How-ech-ee; I-tach-ee; Nook-choo; No-to-no-to; Pas-ke-sa; Pit-cat-chee; Po-ho-nee-chee; Tall-in-chee; Toom-na; Wa-cha-et; We-mal-che · with 12 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
276May 13, 1851 Cah-wia; Choi-nuck; Hol-cu-ma; In-tim-peach; No-to-no-to; Ta-che; To-e-ne-che; To-lum-ne; Tu-huc-mach; We-mil-che; Wic-chum-ne; Yo-kol · with 5 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
277May 30, 1851 Ko-ya-te; New-chow-we; Pal-wis-ha; Po-ken-well; Wack-sa-che; Wo-la-si; Ya-wil-chine · with 5 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
278May 30, 1851 Ko-ya-te; New-chow-we; Pal-wis-ha; Po-ken-well; Wack-sa-che; Wo-la-si; Ya-wil-chine · with 5 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
279May 30, 1851 Ko-ya-te; New-chow-we; Pal-wis-ha; Po-ken-well; Wack-sa-che; Wo-la-si; Ya-wil-chine · with 5 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
282June 3, 1851 Chu-nute; Co-ye-tie; Wo-wol; Yo-lum-ne · with 3 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
283June 3, 1851 Chu-nute; Co-ye-tie; Wo-wol; Yo-lum-ne · with 3 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
284June 3, 1851 Chu-nute; Co-ye-tie; Wo-wol; Yo-lum-ne · with 3 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule
423November 19, 1859 Chook-chan-cie; Chow-chilla; Poho-neche · with 11 other present-day nations Royce’s schedule

Trails across these lands

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.