When I came here to visit you, I took care to speak to everything around here. Trees have life, rocks have life, mountains, water, all these are full of life. Public Law 280 (1953) and Relocation Program (1963) led to the disbanding of their tribal government and decrease in population. Federal benefits and support services were eliminated. The new policies made were aimed towards assimilation. The implementation of this constitution represented the end of the federal governments 'trust relationship' with Indian tribes. It contains various articles outlining name, territory, membership, governing body, elections, articles and removal, powers of the General Council and Business Committee, Bill of Rights, Amendments and revocation, as well as adoption. According to the National Indian Law Library, the Alturas Indians Rancheria is presently operated under a constitution adopted in 1964 as part of the Pit River Indians. The Alturas Indian Rancheria was created as a result of the intensified US Federal Indian Policy of Reorganization known as Termination. The reservation lies about one mile southeast of downtown Alturas. The tribe operates the Desert Rose Casino and the Rose Cafe in Alturas. The tribe controls a 20-acre (81,000 m 2) reservation near Alturas, California, in Modoc County. The Alturas Indian Rancheria is a federally recognized tribe of Achomawi Indians in California.
