It was put in trust for the tribe by the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, as at the time the tribe was landless. The rancheria (or reservation) consists of 38.5 acres (156,000 m 2) of land located in the Sacramento Valley, near the city of Elk Grove, CA in the census-designated place of Wilton, California. The Wilton Rancheria has more than 900 enrolled members 62% of the enrolled population resides in Southern Sacramento County.
They were formed from Wilton Rancheria Miwok and the Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria.
Wilton Rancheria is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Miwok people based in northern California. Historically Central Sierra Miwok language Miwok- Paiute ceremony in 1872 at current site of Yosemite Lodge
