Southwest (California) Indian Tribes
Below are the list of Federally Recognized Southwest Indian Tribes
CALIFORNIA TRIBES
- Agua Caliente Reservation
Agua Caliente Tribal Council
Richard Milanovich, Chairperson
960 E.Tahquitz Way #106
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Tel# (619) 325-5673, Fax# 325-0593 - Alturas Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Paul Del Rosa, Chairperson
P.O. Box 360
Alturas, CA 96101
Tel# (916) 233-3055, Fax# - Augustine Reservation
Southern California Agency
Thermal, CA 92274
Tel# , Fax# - Barona Reservation
Southern California Agency
Clifford M. LaChappa, Chairperson
1095 Barona Rd.
Lakeside, CA 92040
Tel# (619) 433-6612, Fax# 443-6613 - Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Brenda Bowie, Chairperson
P.O. Box 731
Loleta, CA 95551
Tel# (707) 733-1900, Fax# 733-1972 - Benton Paiute Reservation
Utu Utu Gwaitu Paiute Tribal Council
Rose Marie Bahe, Chairperson
Star Route 4, Box 56-A
Benton, CA 93512
Tel# (619) 933-2321, Fax# 933-2412 - Berry Creek Rancheria
Central California Agency
Albert Martin, Chairperson
5 Tyme Way
Oroville, CA 95966
Tel# (916) 534-3859, Fax# 534-1151 - Big Lagoon Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Virgil Moorehead, Chairperson
P.O. Drawer 3060
Trinidad, CA 95570
Tel# (707) 826-2079, Fax# 826-1737 - Big Pine Reservation
Central California Agency
Cheryl Andreas, Chairperson
P.O. Box 700
Big Pine, CA 93513
Tel# (619) 938-2003, Fax# 938-2942 - Big Sandy Rancheria
Central California Agency
Jeannette Sample, Chairperson
P.O. Box 337
Auberry, CA 93602
Tel# (209) 855-4003, Fax# 855-4129 - Big Valley Rancheria
Central California Agency
Valentino Jack, Chairperson
P.O. Box 955
Lakeport, CA 95453
Tel# (707) 263-3924, Fax# 263-3977 - Bishop Indian Tribal Council
Central California Agency
Allen Summers, Chairperson
P.O. Box 548
Bishop, CA 93514
Tel# (619) 873-3584, Fax# 873-4143 - Blue Lake Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Claudia Brundin, Chairperson
P.O. Box 428
Blue Lake, CA 95525
Tel# (707) 668-5101, Fax# 668-4272 - Bridgeport Indian Colony
Central California Agency
Herb Glazier, Chairperson
P.O. Box 37
Bridgeport, CA 93517
Tel# (619) 932-7083, Fax# 932-7846 - Buena Vista Rancheria
Central California Agency
Donna Marie Potts, Spokesperson
4650 Coalmine Road
Ione, CA 95640
Tel# (209) 455-7652, Fax# - Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Cabazon General Council
John A. James, Chairperson
84-245 Indio Spring Dr.
Indio, CA 92203
Tel# (619) 342-2593, Fax# 347-7880 - Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Michelle Delgado, Spokesperson
P.O. Box 391760
Anza, CA 92539
Tel# (714) 763-5549, Fax# 763-2808 - Campo Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Ralph Goff, Chairperson
1779 Campo Truck Trail
Campo, CA 92006
Tel# (619) 478-9046, Fax# 478-5818 - Capitan Grande Reservation
Southern California Agency
Lakeside, CA 92040
Tel# , Fax# - Cedarville Rancheria
Northern California Agency
P.O. Box 126
Cedarville, CA 96104
Tel# (916) 233-2349, Fax# 233-4006 - Chemehuevi Reservation
Colorado River Agency
Matthew Leivas Sr., Chairperson
P.O. Box 1976
Havasu Lake, CA 92363
Tel# (619) 858- 4301, Fax# 858-5400 - Chicken Ranch Rancheria
Central California Agency
Lloyd Matheison, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1159
Jamestown, CA 95327
Tel# (209) 984-4806, Fax# 984-5606 - Chico Rancheria
Central California Agency
Delores McHenry, Chairperson
3006 Esplanade St.
Chico, CA 95926
Tel# (916) 899-8922, Fax# 899-8517 - Cloverdale Rancheria Council
Central California Agency
555 S. Cloverdale Blvd. #1
Cloverdale, CA 95425
Tel# (707) 894-9377, Fax# 894-5874 - Cold Springs Rancheria
Central California Agency
Jennifer Fred, Acting Chairperson
P.O. Box 209
Tollhouse, CA 93667
Tel# (209) 855-8187, Fax# 855-8359 - Colusa Rancheria
Central California Agency
Delbert Benjamin, Chairperson
P.O. Box 8
Colusa, CA 95932
Tel# (916) 458-8231, Fax# 458-2018 - Cortina Rancheria
Central California Agency
Mary Norton, Chairperson
P.O. Box 7470
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
Tel# (916) 726-7118, Fax# 726-3608 - Coyote Valley Reservation
Central California Agency
Doris Renick, Chairperson
P.O. Box 39, 7901 Hwy. 101 N.
Redwood Valley, CA 95470
Tel# (707) 485-8723, Fax# 468-1247 - Cuyapaipe General Council
Southern California Agency
Tony J. Pinto, Chairperson
2271 Alpine Blvd. #D
Alpine, CA 91901
Tel# (619) 478-5289, Fax# - Death Valley Indian Community
Southern California Agency
Pauline Esteves, Chairperson
P.O. Box 206
Death Valley, CA 92325
Tel# (619) 786-2374, Fax# - Dry Creek Rancheria
Central California Agency
Amy Martin, Chairperson
P.O. Box 607
Geyserville, CA 95441
Tel# (707) 857-3045, Fax# 857-3047 - Elk Valley Rancheria
Northern California Agency
John Green, Vice Chairperson
P.O. Box 1042
Crescent City, CA 95531
Tel# (707) 464-4680, Fax# 464-4519 - Fort Bidwell Reservation
Fort Bidwell Community Council
Ralph DeGarmo, Chairperson
P.O. Box 127
Fort Bidwell, CA 96112
Tel# (916) 279-6310, Fax# 279-2233 - Fort Independence Reservation
Central California Agency
Richard Wilder, Chairperson
P.O. Box 67
Independence, CA 93526
Tel# (619) 878-2126, Fax# 878-2311 - Fort Mojave Reservation
Fort Mojave Tribal Council
Patricia Madueno, Chairperson
500 Merriman Ave.
Needles, CA 92363
Tel# (619) 326-4591, Fax# 326-2468 - Greenville Rancheria
Central California Agency
Douglas Mullen, Chairperson
645 Antelope Blvd. #15
Red Bluff, CA 96080
Tel# (916) 528-9000, Fax# 529-9002 - Grindstone Rancheria
Central California Agency
Daryl F. Burrows, Chairperson
P.O. Box 63
Elk Creek, CA 95939
Tel# (916) 968-5116, Fax# 968-5366 - Guidiville Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Keith R. Pike, Chairperson
P.O. Box 339
Talmadge, CA 95481
Tel# (707) 462-3682, Fax# 968-9183 - Hoopa Extension Reservation
Northern California Agency
Weitchpec, CA 95546
Tel# , Fax# - Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation
Northern California Agency
Dale Risling, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1348
Hoopa, CA 95546
Tel# (916) 625-4211, Fax# 625-4594 - Hopland Reservation
Central California Agency
Hale P. Knight, Chairperson
P.O. Box 610
Hopland, CA 95449
Tel# (707) 744-1647, Fax# 744-1506 - Inaja & Cosmit Band of Mission
Southern California Agency
Rebecca Maxcy, Spokesperson
P.O. Box 491
Santa Ysabel, CA 92070
Tel# (714) 276-6224, Fax# - Jackson Rancheria
Central California Agency
Margaret Dalton, Chairperson
P.O. Box 429
Jackson, CA 95642
Tel# (209) 223-1935, Fax# 223-5366 - Jamul Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Raymond Hunter, Chairperson
P.O. Box 612
Jamul, CA 91935
Tel# (619) 669-4785, Fax# 669-4817 - Karuk Tribe of California
Northern California Agency
Alvis Johnson, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1016
Happy Camp, CA 96039
Tel# (916) 493-5305, Fax# 493-5322 - Kashia Business Committee
Stewarts Point Rancheria
Calvin H. Smith Sr., Chairperson
P.O. Box 3854
Stewarts Point, CA 95480
Tel# (707) 725-0721, Fax# - La Jolla Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Geneva Fitzsimmons, Chairperson
Star Route, Box 158
Valley Center, CA 92082
Tel# (619) 742-3771, Fax# 742-3772 - La Posta Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Gwendolyn Parada, Chairperson
1064 Barona Rd.
Lakeside, CA 92040
Tel# (619) 561-2924, Fax# - Laytonville Rancheria
Central California Agency
Carmen Ochoa, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1239
Laytonville, CA 95454
Tel# (707) 984-6197, Fax# 984-6201 - Lone Pine Reservation
Central California Agency
Sandra Jefferson Yonge, Chairperson
P.O. Box 747
Lone Pine, CA 93545
Tel# (619) 876-5414, Fax# - Lookout Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Laura Craig, Chairperson
P.O. Drawer 1570
Burney, CA 96013
Tel# (916) 335-5421, Fax# - Los Coyotes Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Banning Taylor Sr., Spokesperson
P.O. Box 100
Warner Springs, CA 92086
Tel# (619) 782-3269, Fax# 782-2701 - Lytton Rancheria
Central California Agency
Eleanor Lopez, Chairperson
P.O. Box 7882
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
Tel# (707) 575-5917, Fax# 575-6974 - Manchester/Port Arena Rancheria
Central California Agency
Darnell White, Interim Chairperson
P.O. Box 623
Point Arena, CA 95468
Tel# (707) 882-2788, Fax# 882-4142 - Manzanita General Council
Southern California Agency
Frances Shaw, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1302
Boulevard, CA 92005
Tel# (619) 766-4930, Fax# 766-4857 - Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Carlos Guaffac, Chairperson
P.O. Box 270
Santa Ysabel, CA 92070
Tel# (619) 282-9650, Fax# 282-3750 - Middletown Rancheria
Central California Agency
Lucas Simon, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1035
Middletown, CA 95461
Tel# (707) 987-3670, Fax# 987-9015 - Mooretown Rancheria
Central California Agency
Darlene Cummings, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1842
Oroville, CA 95965
Tel# (916) 533-3625, Fax# 533-3680 - Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Rodney Matthews, Vice-Chairperson
11581 Potrero Rd.
Banning, CA 92220
Tel# (909) 849-4697, Fax# 849-4698 - North Fork Rancheria
Central California Agency
P.O. Box 120
North Fork, CA 93643
Tel# (209) 877-2461, Fax# 877-2467 - Pala Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Robert Smith, Chairperson
P.O. Box 43
Pala, CA 92059
Tel# (619) 742-3784, Fax# 742-1411 - Pauma Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Maurice J. Magante, Chairperson
P.O. Box 86
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Tel# (619) 742-1289, Fax# 742-3422 - Pechanga Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Jennie Miranda, Spokesperson
P.O. Box 1477
Temecula, CA 92593
Tel# (909) 676-2768, Fax# 695-1778 - Picayune Rancheria
Central California Agency
Gilbert Cordero, Chairperson
P.O. Box 269
Coarsegold, CA 93614
Tel# (209) 683-6633, Fax# 683-0599 - Pinoleville Rancheria
Central California Agency
Leona Williams, Chairperson
367 N. State St. #204
Ukiah, CA 95482
Tel# (707) 463-1454, Fax# 463-6601 - Pit River Tribal Council
Northern California Agency
Loomis Jackson, Chairperson
P.O. Drawer 1570
Burney, CA 96013
Tel# (916) 335-5421, Fax# 335-5241 - Potter Valley Rancheria
Central California Agency
Shirley Laiwa, Representative
755 El Rio St. #B
Ukiah, CA 95482
Tel# (707) 468-7494, Fax# 468-0874 - Quartz Valley Reservation
Northern California Agency
Fred A. Chase, Chairperson
P.O. Box 737
Etna, CA 96032
Tel# (916) 467-3307, Fax# 467-3466 - Ramona Band of Cahuilla Indians
Southern California Agency
Manuel Hamilton, Representative
3940 Cary Rd.
Anza, CA 92539
Tel# (909) 763-0371, Fax# 763-0371 - Redding Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Edward R. Foreman, Chairperson
2000 Rancheria Rd.
Redding, CA 96001
Tel# (916) 241-8979, Fax# 241-1879 - Redwood Valley Rancheria
Central California Agency
Rita Hoel, Chairperson
3250 Road I
Redwood Valley, CA 94570
Tel# (707) 485-0361, Fax# 485-5726 - Rincon Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Robert Calac, Chairperson
P.O. Box 68
Valley Center, CA 92082
Tel# (619) 749-1051, Fax# 749-8901 - Robinson Rancheria
Central California Agency
Douglas Duncan, Chairperson
P.O. Box 1119
Nice, CA 95464
Tel# (707) 275-0527, Fax# 275-0235 - Round Valley Reservation
Covelo Indian Community Council
Joseph A. Russ Sr., President
P.O. Box 448, Hwy. 162
Covelo, CA 95428
Tel# (707) 983-6126, Fax# 983-6128 - Rumsey Rancheria
Central California Agency
Paula Lorenzo, Chairperson
P.O. Box 18
Brooks, CA 95606
Tel# (916) 796-3400, Fax# 796-2143 - San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Lynn R. LeRoy, Chairperson
P.O. Box 266
Patton, CA 92369
Tel# (909) 864-8933, Fax# 864-3370 - San Pasqual General Council
Southern California Agency
Roy Natividad, Chairperson
P.O. Box 365
Valley Center, CA 92082
Tel# (619) 749-3200, Fax# 749-3876 - Santa Rosa Rancheria
Central California Agency
Clarence Atwell Jr., Chairperson
P.O. Box 8
Lemoore, CA 93245
Tel# (209) 924-1278, Fax# 924-3583 - Santa Rosa Reservation
Southern California Agency
Anthony Largo, Spokesperson
325 N. Western St.
Hemet, CA 92343
Tel# (909) 849-4761, Fax# 849-5612 - Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
David Dominguez, Chairperson
P.O. Box 517
Santa Ynez, CA 93460
Tel# (805) 688-7997, Fax# 686-9578 - Santa Ysabel Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Ben Scerato, Chairperson
P.O. Box 130
Santa Ysabel, CA 92070
Tel# (619) 765-0845, Fax# 765-0320 - Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians
Central California Agency
Leslie Miller, Chairperson
149 Main #200
Lakeport, CA 95453
Tel# (707) 263-4771, Fax# 263-4773 - Sherwood Valley Rancheria
Central California Agency
Mike Knight, Chairperson
190 Sherwood Hill Dr.
Willits, CA 95490
Tel# (707) 459-9690, Fax# 459-6936 - Shingle Springs Rancheria
Central California Agency
W. David Murry, Elise Shilin, Co-Chairs
P.O. Box 1340
Shingle Springs, CA 95682
Tel# (619) 676-8010, Fax# 676-8033 - Smith River Rancheria
Smith River Rancheria Tribal Council
Loren J. Bommelyn, Chairperson
P.O. Box 239
Smith River, CA 95567
Tel# (707) 487-9255, Fax# 487-0930 - Soboba Band of Pomo Indians
Southern California Agency
Ernest Salgado Jr., Chairperson
P.O. Box 487
San Jacinto, CA 92383
Tel# (909) 654-2765, Fax# 654-4198 - Stewarts Point Rancheria
Central California Agency
Calvin H. Smith, Chairperson
P.O. Box 3854
Stewarts Point, CA 95480
Tel# (707) 725-0721, Fax# 528-4267 - Sulphur Bank Rancheria
Elem General Council
Thomas Brown, Chairperson
P.O. Box 618
Clearlake Oaks, CA 95423
Tel# (707) 998-3431, Fax# 998-9348 - Susanville Rancheria
Central California Agency
Nicholas J Padilla, Chairperson
P.O. Drawer U
Susanville, CA 96130
Tel# (916) 257-6264, Fax# 257-7986 - Sycuan Reservation
Southern California Agency
Daniel Tucker, Spokesperson
5459 Dehesa Rd.
El Cajon, CA 92021
Tel# (619) 445-2613, Fax# 445-1927 - Table Bluff Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Albert E. James, Chairperson
P.O. Box 519
Loleta, CA 95551
Tel# (707) 733-5055, Fax# 733-5601 - Table Mountain Rancheria
Central California Agency
Vernon Castro, Lewis Barnes, Co-Chairpersons
P.O. Box 410
Friant, CA 93626
Tel# (209) 822-2587, Fax# 822-2693 - Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
Central California Agency
Roy Kennedy, Chairperson
P.O. Box 206
Death Valley, CA 92328
Tel# (619) 786-2374, Fax# 786-2375 - Torres-Martinez Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
Mary E. Belardo, Chairperson
66-725 Martinez Rd.
Thermal, CA 92274
Tel# (619) 397-8144, Fax# 397-8146 - Trinidad Rancheria
Northern California Agency
Marian Crutchfield, Chairperson
P.O. Box 630
Trinidad, CA 95570
Tel# (707) 677-0211, Fax# 677-3921 - Tule River Reservation
Central California Agency
Irma Hunter, Chairperson
P.O. Box 589
Porterville, CA 93258
Tel# (209) 781-4271, Fax# 781-4610 - Tuolumne Me-Wuk Rancheria
Central California Agency
Sonny Hendricks, Chairperson
P.O. Box 699
Toulumne, CA 95379
Tel# (209) 928-3475, Fax# 928-1677 - Twentynine Palms Band of Mission Indians
Southern California Agency
June Mike, Chairperson
555 Sunrise Hwy. #200
Palm Springs, CA 92264
Tel# (619) 320-8168, Fax# 327-6947 - United Lumbee Nation of NC & America
Northern California Agency
Eva Silver Star Reed, Chief
P.O. Box 512
Fall River Mills, CA 96028
Tel# (916) 336-6701, Fax# - Upper Lake Rancheria
Central California Agency
Phyllis Harden, Vice-Chairperson
P.O. Box 254272
Sacramento, CA 95820
Tel# (916) 371-2576, Fax# 374-8853 - Viejas Reservation
Viejas Tribal Council
Anthony Pico, Chairperson
P.O. Box 908
Alpine, CA 92001
Tel# (619) 445-3810, Fax# 445-5337 - Winnemucca Indian Colony
Western Nevada Agency
Glenn Wasson, Chairperson
420 Pardee
Susanville, CA 96130
Tel# (916) 257-7093, Fax# - Woodfords Community Council
Western Nevada Agency
M. Kevin Jones, Chairperson
96 Washoe Blvd.
Markleeville, CA 96120
Tel# (916) 694-2170, Fax# - Yurok Indian Reservation
Northern California Agency
Susie L. Long, Chairperson
517 Third St., Suite 21
Eureka, CA 95501
Tel# (707) 444-0433, Fax# 444-0437
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