The North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California is a federally recognized tribe of Western Mono Indians, whose traditional homeland is in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills of California.
Official Tribal Name: Northfork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California
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Region: California
State(s) Today: California
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Confederacy: Mono, Paiute
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Reservation: North Fork Rancheria
Land Area: 80 acres
Tribal Headquarters: North Fork, CA
Time Zone: Pacific
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Registered Population Today: Approximately 1800, making them one of California’s largest indian tribes.
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The tribe’s 1996 Constitution allows open enrollment to eligible lineal descendants of the Northfork Mono.
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Related Tribes:
- Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California (F)
- Choinumni (U)
- Cold Springs Rancheria of Mono Indians of California (F)
- Dunlap Band of Mono Indians (a.k.a. Mono Tribal Council of Dunlap) (U)
- Mono Lake Indian Community (U)
- Northfolk Band of Mono Indians(U)
- North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California (F)
- Northern Band of Mono-Yokuts (U)
- Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians of California (California) (F)
- Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria (F)
- Table Mountain Rancheria of California (Chukchansi) (F)
- Tejon Indian Tribe (F)
- Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation (F)
- Tuolumne Rancheria (F)
- Wukchumni (U)
- Yosemite Mono Lake Paiute Indian Community (U)
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