Bridgeport Indian Colony

Background

Yosemite National Park calls it the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony. It is one of five tribes the park says hold federal recognition and that it consults under the National Historic Preservation Act, out of seven the park consults in the Yosemite area. Two of the seven are actively seeking recognition. Colony representatives take part in stewardship, research and education through bi-weekly co-stewardship meetings and quarterly government-to-government meetings, with construction projects under tribal monitoring. The Colony's name appears as a standalone entry in the current list of Indian entities recognized by and eligible to receive services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Visit and learn

Bridgeport Indian Colony's own site

Tribal lands have their own laws. Check the nation's site before you visit.

Parks on its homelands

Yosemite National Park

Yosemite's archeology page lists the Bridgeport Indian Colony, which it calls the Bridgeport Paiute Indian Colony, among five tribes that hold federal recognition and that the park consults under the National Historic Preservation Act, and says those recognized tribes support that consultation relationship with the two still seeking recognition. Source

Affiliations

• Yosemite National Park tribal consultation

  Colony staff review construction projects under tribal monitoring, and tribal members join project review, prescribed fire and fuels management, and interpretive programs, meeting the park bi-weekly for co-stewardship.

  https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/archeology.htm

Sources

• https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htm
• https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/historyculture/archeology.htm

Checked September 2026.

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