environment, people, and culture. two main tribes: luiseño and cupeño
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Environment,People, and Culture
Pala:
Two main tribes: Luiseño and Cupeño
The People of Pala
Two main tribes: Luiseño and CupeñoPala Reservation est. for the Luiseño people of
Pala by President Grant in 1875
The People of Pala
Two main tribes: Luiseño and CupeñoPala Reservation est. for the Luiseño people of
Pala by President Grant in 1875Joined by the Cupeño in 1903
The People of Pala
Two main tribes: Luiseño and CupeñoPala Reservation est. for the Luiseño people of
Pala by President Grant in 1875Joined by the Cupeño in 1903Now considered one people: the Pala Band of
Mission Indians
The People of Pala
10,000 years in southern California
The People of Pala
10,000 years in southern CaliforniaCupeño origins date to 1,000 years BP;
Luiseño culture may be twice as old
The People of Pala
10,000 years in southern CaliforniaCupeño origins date to 1,000 years BP;
Luiseño culture may be twice as oldThe two cultures occupied the entire San Luis
Rey River watershed
The People of Pala
The People of Pala
The People of Pala
The People of Pala1769: Father Junipero
Serra and Gaspar de Portola establish the first California mission in San Diego
Your home is far away, Cupa, Hot Springs is your water, where it lies, where they were
killed.
- Cupeño origin story
Wawam eki kupa, pal’antingve epaw’a pewenive, meqnivelim pemiyaxwenive.
Cupeño History
Cupeño History
Cupeño History
Cupeño History
The Removal from Cupa
“You see that graveyard out there? There are our fathers and grandfathers. You see that Eagle-nest mountain and that Rabbit-hole mountain? When God made them, He gave us this place. We have always been here. We do not care for any other place…. We do not want any other home.”
- Cupeño leader Cecilio Blacktooth, March 17, 1902
The Removal from Cupa
The Removal from Cupa
“People came from La Mesa, from Santa Ysabel, from Wilakal, from San Ignacio they came to see their relatives [to say goodbye]. They cried a lot. And they just threw our belongings, our clothes, into the carts, chairs, cups, plates.”
-Roscinda Nolasquez, last survivor of the removal
The Removal from Cupa
The Removal from Cupa
The Removal from Cupa
The Removal from Cupa
The Removal from Cupa
The Removal from Cupa
The Removal from Cupa
PalaToday
PalaToday
PalaToday
PalaToday
Pala Today
Environmental IssuesEnvironmental JusticeWater AirHabitatSolid Waste
The Gregory Canyon Landfill:
Endangering Our Water
What is it?
• A privately constructed and operated solid waste landfill
• Operating for 30 Years; 1 Million Tons of Trash per Year
• Closure another 30 years• Line bottom of landfill with double liner• Excavation of earthen materials to a depth just
above groundwater
Where is it?
• On the banks of the San Luis Rey River
• On the border of the Pala Indian Reservation
• Next to sacred Gregory Mountain and Medicine Rock
San Luis Rey River
Gregory Mountain (Chokla)
Medicine Rock
Water Quality Concerns
• Proximity to San Luis Rey River• Perched over Groundwater Resource• Leakage Concerns• Seismic Stability• Loss of Tributary to San Luis Rey River
Water Supply Concerns
• Endangerment of Aqueducts• Groundwater Depletion• Groundwater Contamination
What can you do?
• Join our mailing list at www.savegregorycanyon.com
• Follow our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/SaveGregoryCanyon
• Make your voice heard at upcoming hearings• Tell your friends!