rancherias

Sometimes, disenrolled Indians are forced to leave tribal land - though in California, many Indians do not live on the small reservations, which are also known as rancherias.

NYT > Global Home By JAMES DAO 2011

The rest live in settlements ( 'rancherias') scattered on the coast and in the forest.

Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 2008

The only things for which Mexican rule in California was noted, was the continuation of the making of large land grants, and an easy, careless existence without the "hurry and flurry" of today; feasting, making merry, and great parties in the "rancherias" where there were always large "spreads;" it was during this period chiefly that the typical

Chimes of Mission Bells; an historical sketch of California and her missions Maria Antonia Field

We throve astonishingly in that first week, just as Susie had predicted; our fame spread, and the dago quality began to come in, not only from Santa Fe but from the valley below Albuquerque even, and the rancherias in the country round.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

Fog was a frequent visitor to the mountain rancherias.

{Fog} 2009

Fog was a frequent visitor to the mountain rancherias.

{Fog} 2009

They live on rancherias, (territorial divisions of the municipio), in wooden shacks scattered throughout the jungle, eight to ten people to a small house.

Along Party Lines 2006

They live on rancherias, (territorial divisions of the municipio), in wooden shacks scattered throughout the jungle, eight to ten people to a small house.

Along Party Lines 2006

Through canyons and over mountains these little commands sought out and destroyed the Apache rancherias off the reservations.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

An agreement had been arranged with the Mexican government permitting U.S. troops to cross the border when they were in pursuit of Indians, and this was what Crook intended to do—follow the renegades to their home rancherias.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007