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The reservation of the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians is a one-square-mile (2.6 km 2) tract of land, located in Riverside County, California, at Thermal, California, and the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians are both nearby. The land was left vacant for half a century, until Chairman Green moved there in 1996.
The Morongo Indian Reservation is in northern Riverside County. The city of Banning and community of Cabazon both extend partially onto reservation land. The reservation has a land area of 127.083 km 2 (49.067 sq mi), with a resident population of 954, the majority of Native American heritage. Office of the Augustine Band
The Cahuilla Reservation) is located in Riverside County near the town of The reservation includes Cahuilla, California , [ 6 ] where the Cahuilla Casino is located. [ citation needed ] The reservation is 18,884 acres (76.42 km 2 ), with 16,884 acres (68.33 km 2 ) owned by individual tribe members.
(previously listed as Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Augustine Reservation, California) Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California; Big Lagoon Rancheria, California; Big Pine Band of Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Indians of the Big Pine Reservation, California
Mary Ann Green (1964 – January 8, 2017) was an American tribal leader and politician who served as the Chairwoman of the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, a federally recognized Cahuilla band of Native Americans based in Coachella, California, from 1988 until 2016. [1]
A dispute over a California mega casino has divided two tribes and raised questions over U.S. government attempts to make amends for the theft of sacred lands.
In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada , there are Native American areas called Indian colonies . Populations are the total census counts and include non-Native American people as well, sometimes making up a majority of the residents.
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