Mendocino Indian Reservation, a former Indian reservation in Mendocino County, one of the early Indian reservations to be established in California by the federal government for the resettlement of California Indians. It was established in the spring of 1856, in the vicinity of modern Noyo.

Aug 10, 2018 · According to an 1866 letter from the California Office of Indian Affairs, the Mendocino Indian Reservation was officially “discontinued” on March 31, 1865, “the employés discharged, and the government property removed to Round Valley.”

Jan 14, 2025 · Many Northern Pomo were relocated to the Mendocino Indian Reservation, established by the federal government in 1856 on 25,000 acres between the Noyo and Ten Mile Rivers. It was overseen by a military headquarters, located in what is now the business center of Fort Bragg, ten miles north of Mendocino.

Nov 23, 2024 · Many Northern Pomo were relocated to the Mendocino Indian Reservation, established by the federal government in 1856 on 25,000 acres between the Noyo and Ten Mile Rivers. Thousands of California Indians—Northern Pomo, Southern Pomo, Yuki, Wappo, and Whilkut—were gathered from as far away as Eureka and Chico and held on the reservation for ...

Includes information about the Indian reservation established in 1856 at what is now known as MacKerricher State Park and the horrible conditions there as well as detailed accounts of the “war of extermination” waged by the State of California and forced relocation of many tribes to seized Yuki lands, now known as Round Valley.

When the white men came into the state of California, either in covered wagon across the plains, or around the Horn, the California Indian was herded onto reservations. One of these was the Mendocino reservation on which the Nome Cult farm was located.

Jun 24, 2020 · The first white settlers in what is now Fort Bragg came as an exploration party from the US Bureau of Indian Affairs to establish a reservation. In the name of “settlement” indigenous people were uprooted, interned, enslaved, relocated and subject to often inhumane conditions.

Nov 10, 2024 · But when Redick McKee made his long, post-Gold Rush slog from Sonoma to Humboldt Bay in 1851 — nine days from Laytonville to Fortuna alone — to convince the inland Indians to assemble themselves in area reservations, the Indians listened to “the little white father’s” pitch then rejected it.

The Mendocino Subagency was established in 1855 and was located in Mendocino County about 50 miles south of Cape Mendocino. It operated until 1860 when the reservation was assigned to the Northern District. In 1864, the Indians on this reservation moved to Round Valley and the Mendocino Reservation was abandoned.

The Round Valley Indian Reservation is a federally recognized Indian reservation lying primarily in northern Mendocino County, California, United States. A small part of it extends northward into southern Trinity County. The total land area, including …