Ads
related to: morongo reservation jobs
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Morongo Reservation is located in Riverside County, California in the San Gorgonio Pass. Established as the Portrero Reservation by executive order in 1876 under President Ulysses S. Grant , and called Malki by the Native Americans, the Morongo name was adopted by 1908 when the land was patented to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians. [ 5 ]
The most important reservations include: the Agua Caliente Reservation in Palm Springs, which occupies alternate sections (approx. 640 acres each) with former railroad grant lands that form much of the city; the Morongo Reservation in the San Gorgonio Pass area; and the Pala Reservation which includes San Antonio de Pala Asistencia (Pala ...
The reservation consists of two geographically separate sections, with the main one in Indio, and the other in the city of Twenty-Nine Palms at The portion of the Twenty-Nine Palms Reservation ( 33°42′38″N 116°11′12″W / 33.71056°N 116.18667°W / 33.71056; -116.18667 ) in San Bernardino County was established in 1895 and ...
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 Indian casinos in the United States. The Morongo Indian Reservation is in northern Riverside County.
Tureen originated and was Vice-Chairman of Morongo Transmission, LLC, an investment partnership led by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, that financed a $400 million transmission upgrade through the Morongo reservation and made it possible for California to meet its 2020 goal of obtaining a third of its electricity from renewable sources ...
Banning borders the Morongo Indian Reservation, home to the Morongo Band of Cahuilla (Mission) Indians. Relations with reservation residents have been strained by disputes over water rights. Dorothy Ramon's book Always Believe (published 2000) depicts a Maringayam's views on Banning and reservation life.