Table of Contents:
List of Tables, Maps, and Illustrations
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PREFACE	by John J. Reynolds, National Park Service Regional Director, Pacific West Region
PREFACE	by Pauline Esteves, Tribal Chairwoman, Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
PART 1 -- INTRODUCTION
A.	Purpose
B.	The Process of Conducting the Suitability Study
C.	The Timbisha Shoshone Homeland
D.	Suitability Criteria Used in the Study Process
PART 2 -- HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND THE NEED FOR A PERMANENT TRIBAL LAND BASE
A.	Relationships of the Timbisha Shoshone People to the Death Valley Area
B.	History of Tribal Dislocation
C.	The Timbisha Today
D.	Need for Tribal Land Base
PART 3 -- SUITABILITY ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
A.	Introduction
B.	Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park
C.	Timbisha Shoshone Natural and Cultural Preservation Area
D.	Death Valley Junction, California
E.	Centennial, California
F.	Eagle Mountain and Warm Sulphur Springs, California
G.	Scotty’s Junction, Nevada
H.	Lida, Nevada --Tribal Community Parcel
I.	Lida, Nevada --Tribal Use Area
J.	Lida Ranch, Lida, Nevada
K.	Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada -- Cooperative Activities
L.	Other Agreements and Special Arrangements
PART 4 -- CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A	Timbisha Shoshone-Department of the Interior Negotiating Teams
APPENDIX B	Ground rules and Framework for Achieving a Timbisha Shoshone Homeland
APPENDIX C	Shared Interests of the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and the United States Government
APPENDIX D	Memorandum on Clarification of Rights of Timbisha Shoshone in Newly designated Homeland
APPENDIX E	Bibliography

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