THEY ARE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AS LIVING IN DEATH VALLEY NEAR THE NEVADA-CALIFORNIA BORDER. THEY HAVE LIVED HER FOR OVER A THOUSAND YEARS. IN 1933 DEATH VALLEY BECAME A NATIONAL MONUMENT AND THEY WERE WITHIN THE PARK BOUNDARIES. KROEBER SAID IN 1770 THAT THEY HAD A POPULATION OF 1500. BY 1960 THEY WANTED A FORMAL RESERVATION. THEY WERE RECOGNIZED IN 1982 AND WERE ONE OF THE FIRST TO SECURE TRIBAL INDIAN COMMUNITIES.
THE DEATH VALLEY INDIAN COMMUNITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1982. THEY HAD ABOUT 200 MEMBERS. THEY STILL FACED CONFLICT IN REGAINING THEIR TRIBAL LANDS IN THE PARK. BY 2000 THE PARK RETURNED TO 7500 ACRES OF THEIR HOMELANDS TO THE TRIBE. TODAY THEY HAVE ABOUT 300 MEMBERS.
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