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<h2 id="language">Language</h2> <p>The band traditionally spoke the <a href="/facts/Achumawi_language/JugeSVPy">Achumawi</a> and <a href="/facts/Atsugewi_language/VYLuT8vE">Atsugewi</a> languages, which are closely related. They are part of the <a href="/facts/Palaihnihan/w6DvQT9e">Palaihnihan</a> branch of the <a href="/facts/Hokan_language_family/HPlwS7H9">Hokan language family</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Some members of XL Ranch speak the <a href="/facts/Northern_Paiute_language/PT39y9FI">Northern Paiute language</a>, a <a href="/facts/Western_Numic/c3e4s2RP">Western Numic</a> language of the <a href="/facts/Uto-Aztecan_languages/r7qYuBMl">Uto-Aztecan language family</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="today">Today</h2> <p>The Pit River Indian Tribe is headquartered in <a href="/facts/Burney,_California/3JdmvnCs">Burney, California</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>Tribal members often find employment in logging and hay ranching.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>In 2015, federal agents busted a large marijuana grow. The grow had been started in partnership with a Canadian company, but was disputed between the two direct descendants of the Pit River tribe, siblings Phillip Del Rosa and Wendy Del Rosa.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul><li>Pritzker, Barry M. <i>A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.</i> Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-19-513877-1.</li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=XL_Ranch¶ms=41.554404_N_120.452385_W_scale:100000">41°33′16″N 120°27′09″W / 41.554404°N 120.452385°W / 41.554404; -120.452385</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"California Indians and Their Reservations." San Diego State University Library and Information Access. 2009 (retrieved 15 Dec 2009) <a href="http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/calinddictty.shtml#x" target="_blank">http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/calinddictty.shtml#x</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Pritzker, 177 <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pritzker, 177 <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"California Indians and Their Reservations." San Diego State University Library and Information Access. 2009 (retrieved 15 Dec 2009) <a href="http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/calinddictty.shtml#x" target="_blank">http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/calinddictty.shtml#x</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"California Indians and Their Reservations." San Diego State University Library and Information Access. 2009 (retrieved 15 Dec 2009) <a href="http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/calinddictty.shtml#x" target="_blank">http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/calindians/calinddictty.shtml#x</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Northern Paiute."[usurped] Four Directions Institute. (retrieved 15 Dec 2009) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030104082451/http://fourdir.com/northern%20paiute.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20030104082451/http://fourdir.com/northern%20paiute.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"California Indian Tribe." 500 Nations. (retrieved 15 Dec 2009) <a href="http://500nations.com/California_Tribes.asp" target="_blank">http://500nations.com/California_Tribes.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Pritzker, 177 <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Monster Pot Raid on Tribal Territory in Modoc County; Feds Allege Connection With Canadian Tobacco Giant". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved Mar 30, 2020. <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2015/jul/8/monster-pot-raid-tribal-territory-modoc-county-mor/" target="_blank">https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2015/jul/8/monster-pot-raid-tribal-territory-modoc-county-mor/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Alturas Rancheria leadership dispute helped spur marijuana bust". Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111451/http://www.indianz.com/News/2015/018138.asp" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111451/http://www.indianz.com/News/2015/018138.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>