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Santa Rosa Rancheria is the reservation of the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria. It is located 4.5 miles (7.24 km) southeast of Lemoore, California. Established in 1934 on about 40 acres (16 hectares), the Santa Rosa Rancheria belongs to the federally recognized Tachi Yokuts tribe. It is the site of the Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino.[1] The population was 517 at the time of the 2000 United States Census and had increased to 652 by the 2010 United States Census. In 2010, 288 residents (44.2% of the total) were under 18 and 29 (4.4%) were 65 and over.[2]
Ruben Barrios was elected as the Tribal Chairman in 2009.[3][4] The previous Tribal Chairman, Clarence Atwell Jr., served in that position for 42 years and died in 2013.[3]
The Santa Rosa Rancheria expanded in size over the years to 643 acres (260 hectares) by the beginning of 2008. On May 28, 2008, then–Tribal Chairman Clarence Atwell Jr. and Dale Morris, Pacific Region Director of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, signed documents that added 1,163 acres (471 hectares) of trust land, thus enlarging the Rancheria to 1,806 acres (731 hectares).[5]
- ^ "Welcome to Tachi Palace Hotel and Casino". Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino. Tachi Palace. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ U,S. Census Bureau, Application Support Division, [email protected], Last Revised August 6, 2013
- ^ a b Finney, Judy (September 29, 2009). "A long journey: Clarence Atwell Jr. retires as tribal administrator". The Sentinel. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017.
- ^ "Council". Tachi Yokut Tribe. Tachi-Yokut Tribe. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ Yamashita, Eiji (May 28, 2008). "Rancheria expansion". The Sentinel. Archived from the original on August 18, 2017.