It is within the boundaries of a 7 63,000-acre reservation that would have been established had the United States ratified an 1851 treaty negotiated with the Tribe and other signatory tribes.
'The Mettler Site is located in unincorporated Kern County, approximately four miles southwest of a 10-acre parcel held in trust for the Tribe and used as a government and community center. With state ratification of the compact, the Tejon Indian Tribe will finally get their first reservation.Īccording to a letter from Governor Newsom, 320 acres of land are within the 763,000-acre reservation that would have been designated to the Tejon Indian Tribe and other signatory tribes, if the United States had ratified a treaty with them in 1850.
(KERO) - Kern County getting its own Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has been years in the making but to the Tejon Indian Tribe getting Governor Gavin Newsom’s approval of the project will lead to something they’ve been awaiting, for centuries.
