[1] The area around Indian Lakes Estates was once known as Picayune, where the mining town of Narbo was located between 1883 and 1887.

[8] Two years later, the San Francisco Examiner reported that construction had not yet begun and that "No lake is visible.

[5] In 2003, The Fresno Bee reported that local residents struggled in public meetings to influence planning of the nearby Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino near Coarsegold, which they worried would compete for scarce groundwater.

[2] In 2014, the Indian Lakes Estates Property Owners Association applied for a $135,643 community grant from the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians for fire safety and playground improvements,[10] but consideration of the request was delayed following the closure of the casino, which subsequently re-opened in 2015.

[11] In 2018, the association received a $25,000 community grant from the Chukchansi, which it used to build a new playground structure in Park Pavilion at Indian Lakes.