The tribe controls a 20-acre (81,000 m2) reservation near Alturas, California, in Modoc County.

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.

The implementation of this constitution represented the end of the federal governments "trust relationship" with Indian tribes.

Public Law 280 (1953) and Relocation Program (1963) led to the disbanding of their tribal government and decrease in population.

The ranchería is served by the Modoc Joint Unified School District.

First-hand accounts state that when boys and girls became adults, they had their ears pierced.

In addition to this, boys had to go into the mountains alone overnight while girls were required to dance and sing for 10 nights.

Women got tattoos on their faces while men had their noses pierced to place a shell or bone.