The Big Sandy Rancheria of Mono Indians of California is a ranchería

Ranchería

The Spanish word ranchería, or rancherío, refers to a small, rural settlement. In the Americas the term was applied to native villages and to the workers' quarters of a ranch. English adopted the term with both these meanings, usually to designate the residential area of a rancho in the American...

 and federally recognized tribe of Western Mono Indians

Mono tribe

The Mono are a Native American people who traditionally live in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains, the Eastern Sierra , the Mono Basin, and adjacent areas of the Great Basin.-Culture and geography:...

 (Monache) is located in Fresno County, California

Fresno County, California

Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...

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Reservation

The Big Sandy Rancheria, located in Fresno County

Fresno County, California

Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...

, is 228 acre (0.92268408 km²) large. In 1990, 38 tribal members lived on the reservation. In 2009, approximately 96 out of 108 enrolled tribal members lived on the reservation. The reservation is very secluded, and the tribal headquarters is situated within a ring of houses.

Government

Big Sandy Rancheria's tribal headquarters is located in Auberry, California

Auberry, California

Auberry is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 2,369 at the 2010 census, up from 2,053 at the 2000 census...

. They are governed by a democratically elected, five-person tribal council. The current administration is as follows:

• Elizabeth Kipp, Tribal Chairperson
• Miles Baty, Vice Chairperson
• Johnny Baty, Treasurer
• Lisa D. Garcia, Secretary
• Arrow Sample, Member-at-Large

Economic development

The tribe owns and operates the Mono Wind Casino

Mono Wind Casino

The Mono Wind Casino is a small casino located near Auberry, California.The casino is owned operated by the Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians. Mono Wind features slot machines and table games, and the Broken Arrow Restaurant...

 and Broken Arrow Restaurant in Auberry.

See also

• Mono traditional narratives
  Mono traditional narratives
  Mono traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the Mono people, including the Owens Valley Paiute east of the Sierra Nevada and the Monache on that range's western slope, in California....
  
  
• Mono language (Native American)
  Mono language (Native American)
  Mono is a Native American language of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages, the ancestral language of the Mono people. Mono consists of two dialects, Eastern and Western. The name "Monachi" is commonly used in reference to Western Mono and "Owens Valley Paiute" in reference to Eastern Mono....
  
  
• Population of Native California
  Population of Native California
  Estimates of the Native Californian population have varied substantially, both with respect to California's pre-contact count and for changes during subsequent periods. Pre-contact estimates range from 133,000 to 705,000 with some recent scholars concluding that these estimates are low...
  
  

External links

• Big Sandy Rancheria of Western Mono Indians, official website