| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 500 enrolled members (2012) 141 members living on the rancheria[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( California) | |
| Languages | |
| English, historicallyMiwok languages,Nisenan language | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| otherMaidu andMiwok tribes |
TheShingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California is afederally recognized tribe.[2]
The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians is an independent, sovereign tribal government led by an elected Tribal Council.
TheShingle Springs Rancheria (38°41′48″N120°54′18″W / 38.69667°N 120.90500°W /38.69667; -120.90500) is located inEl Dorado County, California.[3] It lies in the heart ofNisenan or southernMaidu territory[4] Nearby communities areShingle Springs andDiamond Springs.
On June 14, 2013, Rep.Tom McClintock introduced into theUnited States House of Representatives the bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take certain Federal lands located in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians (H.R. 2388; 113th Congress). The bill would take specified federal land in El Dorado County, into trust for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians.[5] TheUnited States Secretary of the Interior would be responsible for carrying this out.[6] TheUnited States Department of the Interior provided the following background information about the situation when it testified about the bill before the Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs of the House Natural Resources Committee: "On December 16, 1916, the Secretary of the Interior purchased the 160-acre Shingle Springs Rancheria east of Sacramento in El Dorado County, California at the request of the Sacramento-Verona Band of Miwok Indians. Today's members of the Shingle Springs Rancheria are descendants of the Miwok andMaidu Indians who once lived in this region. Currently, there are approximately 500 enrolled members of the Tribe, with about 140 living on the Rancheria. The tribe has expressed an interest in expanding the Rancheria by adding adjacent BLM-managed lands for improved access and additional residential housing for the tribe."[7]
The ranchería is served by the Mother Lode Union Elementary School District andEl Dorado Union High School District.