The Susanville Indian Rancheria is a federally recognized ranchería of Native Americans in northeastern California whose people are from the Washoe, Achomawi, Mountain Maidu, Northern Paiute, and Atsugewi tribes. Reservation Founded in 1923, the Susanville Rancheria, located in Lassen County, California, comprised in 2000. In 1923 the Lower Rancheria was . The Rancheria acquired the Susanville Cemetery, , in 1975. The Upper Rancheria included acquired in 1978 and 875 acquired in 2002, totaling . In Herlong the tribe acquired in 2000 and has pending. in Ravendale were given to the tribe. The tribe purchased in Cradle Valley in 2003. The landbase of Susanville Rancheria in 2010 totals . In 2016 under the bi-partisan "Susanville Indian Rancheria Lands Bill," co-sponsored by Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, and Rep. Doug LaMalfa, the federal government transferred 300 acres of traditional tribal lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Rancheria, with the Department of Interior taking it into trust on their behalf. This will "enable the tribes to preserve vital cultural and natural resources." Tribal Chairman Brandon Gutierez said that the return of this land would enable the tribe "to preserve ancestral lands" and "vitally important cultural artifacts, including the remains of a historic Native camp, ancient petroglyphs, traditional medicinal plants." Control of this land is also important for ecology, as it "serves as a migratory path for antelope and mule deer." Jean LaMarr is a member of the Susanville Indian Rancheria. Government Susanville Indian Rancheria is governed by a democratically elected, seven-member council. They are headquartered in Susanville, California, and their current administration is as follows: Tribal Chairman: Arian Hart Vice-Chairman: Robert Joseph Secretary/Treasurer: Christi Choo District 1 Councilman: Aaron Brazzanovich Jr. District 2 Councilman: Anna Townsend At-Large Representative (On-Trust Land): Ashley Krache At-Large Representative (Lassen County): Dwight Lowry Economic development The Susanville Indian Rancheria initiated plans in 2009 to begin an ambitious plan to diversify the Tribe's businesses, while creating new business(s) to support infrastructure while giving Tribal members and the community additional sources of revenue and jobs. They named their newly formed business division, SIRCO - Susanville Indian Rancheria Corporation. This corporation was chartered under the corporate charter of the Susanville Indian Rancheria. http://www.sircorporation.com. SIRCO is now a Federally Chartered Section 17 corporation. SIRCO operates all the businesses of the Susanville Indian Rancheria. This entity is separate from the government side of the tribe and has its own