Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria
Total population
800+ actively enrolled Members,
Estimated at 1300[1]
Regions with significant populations
Manchester-Point Arena, Northern California, United States.
Languages
English, Central Pomo languages (Hokan phylum)[2]
Related ethnic groups
Pomo tribes

The Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, formerly named the Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the Manchester-Point Arena Rancheria, is a federally recognized tribe of Pomo Indians in California. The tribe is a community of Pomo Native Americans who are native to Northern California. The Bokeya society are enrolled in the Manchester Band of Pomo with the approval of their constitution and by-laws in 1936.[3]

  1. ^ "California Indians and Their Reservations". San Diego State University Library and Information Access. Retrieved 26 Feb 2009.
  2. ^ Golla, Victor (2011). CALIFORNIA INDIAN LANGUAGES. Berkeley: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS. pp. 105–109. ISBN 978-0-520-26667-4.
  3. ^ http://www.fortross.org/lib/87/cultural-and-social-change-among-the-coast-central-pomo.pdf [bare URL PDF]