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The tribe came to public attention in 1987 when they won California v.Cabazon Band; prior to the U.S.Supreme Court's decision 480 U.S. 202 (1987), the tribe had been the subject of public attention, given claims about events involving John Philip Nichols, The Wackenhut Corporation, and the June 29, 1981 triple homicides of Alfred "Fred" Alvarez, Patricia Castro, and Ralph Boger.
(previously listed as Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, California; Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians of the Cabazon Reservation) Cachil DeHe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community of the Colusa Rancheria, California; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma (previously listed as Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma)
The Cabazon and Morongo Bands of Mission Indians are two small Cahuilla Indian tribes that occupy reservation lands near Palm Springs in Riverside County, California.During the mid-1980s, both the Cabazon and Morongo Bands each owned and operated on their reservation lands small bingo parlors.
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Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa is an integrated resort, owned and operated by the Morongo Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians, located in Cabazon, California, United States, near San Gorgonio Pass. The resort has 310 rooms and suites. A 44-acre (180,000 m 2), 27-story resort, Morongo is one of the largest casinos in California.
It is owned and operated by the Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians, [3] a federally recognized tribe. The hotel has 250 rooms and the casino consists of 1800 slot machines and video poker, 40 tables and 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m 2) of special events center space.
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
The total population living on its territory was 21,358 as of the 2000 census, although few of these are registered tribal members. The Morongo Band of Mission Indians, also considered part of the Cahuilla nation, operates the Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa, as well as the Hadley Fruit Orchards in Cabazon. The Morongo Casino is one of the largest ...