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The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation is a federally recognized tribe [1] of Serrano people in San Bernardino County, California. [2] [3] They are made up of the Yuhaviatam clan of Serrano people, who have historically lived in the San Bernardino Mountains. [4] The tribe was formerly named the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. [5]
The modern San Manuel Band of Mission Indians maintains ancient trade relations with local Californian groups such as the Yurok. San Manuel Public Relations Manager, Jenna Brady, believes that these ancient trade relations should be maintained to both stimulate cultural growth and to stimulate economic security for Indigenous Californian groups.
The tribe received a one million dollar grant from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians to assist in the economic recovery of the reservation. [7] The tribe also runs a campground in the canyon, as well as the Havasupai Tribal Museum, which displays photography of the reservation, as well as offering tribal crafts for sale.
Indian arts and crafts laws are federal, state, and tribal truth-in-advertising laws in the United States that prohibit misrepresentation in marketing of American Indian or Alaska Native arts and crafts products. The federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (IACA) defines an American Indian as a member of a federally-or state-recognized tribe ...
[1] [6] In 1866, Santos Manuel led the remaining members of the clan (fewer than 30) [1] to the San Bernardino Valley floor to the banks of Warm Creek (a tributary of the Santa Ana River). [1] Later, the tribe moved to Harlem Springs (roughly near the intersection of Victoria and Base Line in Highland, California).
The facility was renamed San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino. Further expansion occurred with the passage of Proposition 5 in 1998 and Proposition 1A in 2000, which authorized the state to sign compacts with Indian tribal governments to expand tribal gaming. The bingo hall was closed in 2017 and replaced with slot machines. [3]
Native American activists fought to strengthen protections against fraud which resulted in the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA), which makes it "illegal to offer or display for sale, or sell, any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian ...
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