The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians are a

federally recognized tribe A federally recognized tribe is a Native American tribe recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. In the United States, the Native American tribe ...

Luiseño The Luiseño or Payómkawichum are an Indigenous people of California who, at the time of the first contacts with the Spanish in the 16th century, inhabited the coastal area of southern California, ranging from the present-day southern part of ...

who live on the Rincon Indian Reservation in Valley Center in

San Diego County, California San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Cen ...

. It is one of six such tribes in Southern California that are composed of Luiseño people. The Luiseño are considered one of the groups of the

California Mission Indians Mission Indians was a term used to refer to the Indigenous peoples of California who lived or grew up in the Spanish mission system in California. Today the term is used to refer to their descendants and to specific, contemporary tribal nations ...

. The band developed

Harrah's Resort Southern California Harrah's Resort Southern California (formerly Harrah's Rincon) is a Native American gaming casino and integrated resort near Valley Center, California. It is owned by the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians and operated by Caesars Entertainment. ...

(previously known as Harrah's Rincon Resort and Casino) that is located on the reservation, as well as Rincon Reservation Road Brewery, the first tribally-owned craft brewery in Southern California. In May, 2022 (now closed) the band opened the first tribal-owned tasting room outside of reservation boundaries in the San Diego neighborhood of Ocean Beach. The tribe is a member of the Indian Health Council, which runs a health clinic on the reservation, adjacent to the casino.

Reservation

Rincon Indian Reservation lies in northeastern San Diego County, along the San Luis Rey River. The reservation was established in 1875, near the Payomkawichum village of Wáșxa.

California State Route 76 State Route 76 (SR 76) is a state highway long in the U.S. state of California. It is a much used east–west route in the North County region of San Diego County, California, San Diego County that begins in Oceanside, California, Ocean ...

was constructed north of the reservation. The total area of the reservation is . The population on the reservation is around 1,500. In the 2010 census, 188 people in the Valley Center CDP (census-designated place) self-identified as Native Americans. Tribal enrollment is about 500. The

opened in 2004 and is owned by the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians. The resort is operated by

Caesars Entertainment Caesars Entertainment, Inc., formerly Eldorado Resorts, Inc., is an American hotel and casino entertainment company founded and based in Reno, Nevada, that operates more than 50 properties. Eldorado Resorts acquired Caesars Entertainment Corpora ...

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References

*Bean, Lowell J. and Shipek, Florence C. (1978) "Luiseño," in 'California,' vol. 8, ed. Robert Heizer, ''Handbook of North American Indians'' (Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution): 550–563.

External links

Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians tribal government homepage
* Luiseño Mission Indians Native American tribes in California Federally recognized tribes in the United States Native American tribes in San Diego County, California {{SanDiegoCountyCA-geo-stub

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