Enterprise Indian Rancheria (California)

Guide to Maidu Indian ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and other agency records.

Introduction
The Enterprise Rancheria is a federally-recognized rancheria located in Butte County, California.


 * Established -- January 30, 1897
 * Agency (BIA) -- Central California Agency
 * Principal tribes -- Maidu
 * Population -- 1969 Tribal enrollment 112

Tribal Headquarters
Enterprise Rancheria of Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe 2133 Monte Vista Avenue Oroville, CA 95966 Phone: 530-532-9214 Website

History
1897 Secretary of the Interior authorized to use former lands of the Fort Bidwell Military Reserve for an Indian training school

Records
Land records: 3,335 acres, land is tribally owned.

For Further Reading

 * Kroeber, Alfred L. Handbook of the Indians of California. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 78, 1925. Reprint. New York City: Dover Publications, [ca 2006] WorldCat 255854981 Available online.

For background information to help find American Indian ancestors see For Further Reading.