reposted from: Northern CA Native Events and News
The original 30 acres of the Rancheria were purchased August 15, 1923 under the Landless and Homeless Act under which the U.S. Congress provided funds to purchase land for landless and homeless California Indians. On June 6, 1975 Clifton C. Cramer and Betty G. Cramer performed a Quit Claim conveyance of the old Indian Cemetery consisting of .53 acres to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to hold into trust for the Susanville Indian Rancheria. The Bureau of Indian Affairs accepted this conveyance on December 7, 1981. An additional 120 acres was added to the Rancheria on October 14, 1978 under the special legislation of Public Law 95-459 which was sponsored by the honorable Congressman Bizz Johnson. Another 80 acres was donated to the Rancheria in 1994 that has not been put in to Federal Trust status. An additional 72 acres located at the Sierra Army Depot based in Herlong, California was acquired from the U.S. Department of the Army under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Act and added to the Rancheria on November 6, 2000. The Susanville Indian Rancheria Housing Authority purchased 3.21 acres on December 30, 2000, transferred the land to the tribe, and the land was accepted into trust status on January 5, 2004. On March 29, 2002 the tribe purchased an additional 875 acres adjacent to the Upper Rancheria utilizing proceeds from the casino loan from the Marshall Group and this land was accepted into trust status on December 08, 2004. On September 30, 2003, the tribe purchased 160 acres (the Cradle Valley Ranch) located close to Antelope Lake bringing the total land base to 1,100.74 acres in trust status and 240 acres in fee status.
Read more here:
http://www.sir-nsn.gov/history.html
Read more here:
http://www.sir-nsn.gov/history.html