Yellow Creek Campground is open. We look forward to seeing you. To make a reservation a email admin@maidusummit.org or call our office at 530-258-2299
Campsite Fee $25.00 a night per site
MSC "Big Time" Logging Jamboree 2026 Results
Axe Throw
1.Bill Anderson
2.Aiden Harrison
3.Forrest Harrison
100 cc & Below Modified
1.Roland Harrison
2.Mike Forrester
3.Robert Heffley
85 cc & Below Stock Modified
1.Forest Harrison
2.Roland Harrison
3.Aiden Harrison
140 cc & Below Production Hot Saw
1.Bob Waddel
2.Ted Jones
3.Mike Forrester
Work Saw Class
1.Forrest Harrison
2.Roland Harrison
3.George Harrison Sr
Stock Saw
1.George Harrison Jr
2.Mike Forrester
3.John Guess
Double Buck Handsaw
1.Mike Forrester & Wesley Palmer
2.Roland Harrison & Aiden Harrison
3.Elizabeth M & Illiana Castro
Jack and Jill Handsaw
1.Mike Forrester & Annette Cahoun
2.Shannon Williams & Roland Harrison
3.Sophia Williams & Aidan Harrison
Speed Axe
1.Forrest Harrison
2.George Harrison Jr
3.Wesley Palmer
Underhand Chop
1.Mike Forrester
2.Wesley Palmer
3.Illiana Castro
MSC is celebrating 20 years of preserving, protecting, and promoting the Mountain Maidu Homeland with a united voice.
20 years ago today, Maidu elder Tommy Merino yatám, Farrell Cunningham yatám, Allen Lowry and Marvena Harris organized the first meeting of the Mountain Homeland Summit at the Masonic Lodge in Westwood, California, in January 2003. To discuss the preservation and protection of the Mountain Maidu sacred place Homer Lake (Cham Su Donim Pakanim). The event organizers had been working to preserve the Mountain Maidu Language. The four became outraged over the Forest Service’s neglect to protect Homer Lake, and all agreed it felt right to bring their people together to defend their sacred lands.
On January 13, 2003, a gathering of Maidu people from Susanville, Greenville, Indian Valley, Quincy, Big Meadows (Lake Almanor), and other surrounding areas gathered. Groups participating at that time included: Big Meadows Maidu Historic Preservation, Greenville Indian Rancheria, Maidu Cultural & Development Group, Plumas County Indians Inc., Roundhouse Council Indian Education Center, Stiver’s Indian Cemetery Assoc., Susanville Indian Rancheria, Tásmam Koyóm Foundation, Tsi-Akim Maidu, and United Maidu Nation. They soon decided their voice would be stronger when they all joined together, and the Maidu Summit Consortium was created.
Since 2003 the MSC has re-acquired 2,934 acres of ancestral lands for the Mountain Maidu and surrounding communities. Today, the MSC is comprised of seven groups, with an Executive Director and Staff working tirelessly to conserve our homeland.
We celebrate the MSC and everyone who has come before us, present, and in the future, who will continue to work to preserve, protect, and promote the Mountain Maidu Homeland.
Lake Almanor Maidu Wetlands Property
History was made on 3/9/21 at the MSC. Our 4th land transfer from PG&E was signed and finalized for the Lake Almanor Maidu Wetlands Property (296 acres). Signing on behalf of the MSC was Chairman Ben Cunningham, Secretary Marvena Harris, and Interim Executive Director Trina Cunningham. Thank you to everyone involved in this accomplishment, without your support none of this would be possible.
Yellow Creek Campground Restricts Campfires
Due to unprecedented fire conditions throughout California the Maidu Summit Consortium Board of Directors unanimously voted to restrict campfire use at Yellow Creek Campground, effective September 8, 2020.
(Propane campstoves are allowed)
MSC urges the public to use the utmost caution in the campground and surrounding areas.
Water Solutions Network Partnering with Maidu Summit Consortium May 2019
Maidu Summit Consortium Board Members and staff along with Water Solutions Network Cohert members met May 8, 2019.
The partnering meeting and site visit was conducted at the Chester office.
Technical service programs enable United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to partner with this unique organization to comprehensively identify problems and opportunities on recently acquired ancestral lands and consider a broader, rich view of community values and partner perspectives.
Tásmam Koyóm Land Transfer
Tásmam Koyóm was returned to the Maidu Summit Consortium on September 20, 2019, this was a historical moment in MSC history. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) transferred 2,325 acres of land back to the Mountain Maidu people. The consortium started in 2003 for this purpose, it’s been a long wait for the Maidu people, volunteers, and the vision that Ferrel Cunningham and the MSC board members had to finally bring our land back home to our people.
Board member/Secretary Marvena Harris reflected on this important day. “The reality of this is that our lands were created by Kodoyapem, World Maker, for our People to use and live. We never take no more than we need to from the land or animals. The land has always been ours and will always be ours. We are here to be stewards of the land and creatures that exist on the land”.
Local Maidu elders as well as elders from far away came to join in the celebration. Elder Lila Madrid from Covelo CA. attended the event and was a part of the ribbon cutting ceremony, saying she wished her parents and siblings were alive to see the land come back to the Mountain Maidu people.