Cahuilla
The Cahuilla , also known as ʔívil̃uqaletem or Ivilyuqaletem, are a Native American people of the various tribes of the Cahuilla Nation, living in the inland areas of southern California.Imperial and Riverside counties in
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
."California Indians and Their Reservations." ''San Diego State University Library and Information Access.'' (retrieved 17 May 2010) Their autonym is Mau-Wal-Mah Su-Kutt Menyil, which means "among the palms, deer moon." in the
Cahuilla language
Cahuilla , or Ivilyuat (''ʔívil̃uʔat'' or ''Ivil̃uɂat'' ), is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language, spoken by the various tribes of the Cahuilla Nation, living in the Coachella Valley, San Gorgonio Pass and San Jacinto Mountains region of sou ...
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Torres Martinez Indian Reservation
The Torres Martinez Indian Reservation is a federal reservation in Imperial and Riverside Counties, with a total area of . It was established in 1876Pritzker, 120 and was named for the village of Toro and the Martinez Indian Agency. In 1970, 42 of the 217 enrolled tribal members lived on the reservation. As of the 2010 Census the population was 5,594.
Government
The tribe's headquarters is located in
Thermal, California
Thermal is an unincorporated community within the Coachella Valley in Riverside County, California, United States, located approximately southeast of Palm Springs and about north of the Salton Sea. The community's elevation is below mean sea ...
. Their tribal administration is as follows:
* Tribal Chairman Thomas Tortez Jr.
* Vice-Chairman Joseph Mirelez
* Secretary Altrena Santillanes
* Treasurer RoseMarie Morreo
* Council Member Elesha Duro
* Council Member Arthur Lopez
* Council Member Proxy Gary Wayne Resvaloso Jr.
Economic development
The tribe owns and operates the Red Earth Casino in
Salton City, California
Salton City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California. It is the largest Imperial County development on the Salton Sea coast. It is part of the El Centro, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,763 ...
.
Cemetery
The tribe maintains a small (48 interments) cemetery on Martinez Road in Thermal.
See also
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Mission Indians
Mission Indians are the indigenous peoples of California who lived in Southern California and were forcibly relocated from their traditional dwellings, villages, and homelands to live and work at 15 Franciscan missions in Southern California and ...
Handbook of North American Indians
The ''Handbook of North American Indians'' is a series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in Native American studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution beginning in 1978. Planning for the handbook series began in the late 1960s and ...
: California, Volume 8.'' Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978. .
* Eargle, Jr., Dolan H. ''California Indian Country: The Land and the People.'' San Francisco: Tree Company Press, 1992. .
* Pritzker, Barry M. ''A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. .