Tule River Reservation

1890 California Indian Population and Reservations

California Missions with date of Founding

In 1890, California’s Native American population was recorded in both the general census and a special census focused on reservations. The census data identified 11,517 self-supporting, taxed Native Americans living across various counties, primarily in Northern and Central California. Additionally, 5,064 Native Americans living on reservations, who were not included in the general census, were recorded separately. These populations were grouped under several agencies, including the Mission-Tule Consolidated Agency and the Round Valley Agency, each managing various tribes and reservations. This data provides a detailed view of the distribution and classification of California’s Native American population during this period, highlighting the diverse tribal affiliations and the distinctions between reservation and non-reservation communities.

Mariposan Indians

Mariposan Family, Mariposan Tribes, Mariposan Stock, Yokuts Tribe, Yokuts Indians (adapted from Span. mariposa, ‘butterfly,’ the name of a county in California). The name applied by Powell to a linguistic stock of Indians, generally known as Yokuts, in San Joaquin valley, Cal. Their territory extended from the lower Sierra Nevada to the Coast range, and from mounts Pinos and Tehachapi to Fresno and Chowchilla Rivers. A separate body dwelt in the north, in a narrow strip of territory along the San Joaquin, between Tuolumne and Calaveras Rivers, about the site of Stockton. These were the Cholovone. The Coconoon, said to have … Read more