The Tahoe National Forest is the homeland of several Tribal Nations, including the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, the Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe and the Nevada City Rancheria. As original stewards of the land, tribal communities continue to remain deeply connected to this region.

We are dedicated to strengthening our tribal relationships through internal training, education, incorporating Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge, increasing Tribal Relation staff capacity and identifying tribal workforces in landscape collaboratives. Learn more from our region: Tribal Relations - Region 5

Cultural resources on federal land are protected by law