However, the Me-Wuk people have a very long and rich history dating back for thousands of years. The first-known contact on record of the Native perspective of the Spanish Explorers was the Moraga Second Expedition to Central California through Tuolumne County in 1806. These committees are Business & Finance, Constitution & By-Laws, Planning & Development, Social Services Advisory, Personnel, Tuolumne Me-Wuk Indian Health Board, Enrollment, Elders, Tribal Housing Authority, Education & Recreation, Cultural & Historic Preservation and the Tribal Law Enforcement Commission. Recommendations are made by Tribal committees and are brought to the Community Council for approval. The governing body of the tribe is the Community Council, which is composed of 141 members. There are approximately 200 residents living on the Rancheria and an additional 200 non-resident members of the Tribe. Today, there are over 1,700 fee and trust land acres. The original acquisition consisted of 289.52 acres.
The Tuolumne Rancheria was purchased on Octoand established as one of two local reservations for landless Indians.
The Tribe is one of the original unratified treaties of California. The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians is a federally recognized Indian tribe located in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Tuolumne County, California. Alec Thompson with horses Cody and Dolly – Tuolumne Rancheria, early 1920s
