The Yokuts faced a hard time when the American settlers arrived, they started losing their land where they once lived. Their land was taken away by the government and sold to farmers and ranchers, sometimes as a reward for killing their people. By the end of the 19th century, the Tachi Yokut Tribe was split across the central and southern parts of California and their population rate when Peter Hardeman governor of california ordered for extermination of All native americans in the state.The Rancheria, a yokut reservation established in 1934 people lived below poverty level, many living in tule huts, tin houses, old cars and chicken coops. The average education on the reservation was 3rd grade level, with field labor as the primary source
