Jackson Rancheria is the landbase for the Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians, a

federally recognized tribe A federally recognized tribe is a Native American tribe recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. In the United States, the Native American tribe ...

Miwok people The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native American groups indigenous to what is now Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok languages in the Utian family. The word ...

, located near

Jackson, California Jackson (formerly, Botilleas, Botilleas Spring, Bottileas, Bottle Spring, and Botellas) is a city in and the county seat of Amador County, California. Its population was 5,019 at the 2020 census, up from 4,651 at the 2010 census. The city i ...

. It is located in

Amador County Amador County () is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 40,474. The county seat is Jackson, California, Jackson. Ama ...

, about midway between Jackson and Pine Grove. The reservation operates the

Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort The Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort is a hotel, casino, and resort with restaurants, owned and operated by the Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians, and located just outside of Jackson, California Jackson (formerly, Botilleas, Botillea ...

, located on its territory.

Education

The

ranchería The Spanish word ranchería, or rancherío, refers to a small, rural settlement. In the Americas the term was applied to Indigenous peoples of the Americas, native villages or bunkhouses. Anglo-Americans adopted the term with both these meaning ...

is served by the

Amador County Unified School District Amador County Unified School District is a public school district based in Amador County, California, United States. It is the only school district in that county. Text list/ref> It includes Ione Elementary, Jackson Elementary, Pine Grove Elem ...

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