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May 2012 Tribes in the News
TSan Manuel Band Donates $455,754 to Cal State San Marcos
he San Manuel Band of Mission Indians donated $455,754 to Cal State San Marcos’ sta , linking them to tribal members and American Indian students. It fosters research California Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center in early March. e grant will and community service among faculty, sta , students and members of local tribes, to fund a full-time grant writer/program coordinator, a full-time research assistant maintain tribal sovereignty and culture. e San Manuel Tribe has pledged up to
and six graduate/undergraduate assistants each year, for three years. e California $500,000 in additional grants for an endowment contingent if the university secures Indian Culture and Sovereignty Center is an on-campus gathering place for faculty and matching donations within three years.
PIala Band of Mission Indians Donates $100,000 to Local School Districts
n April, the Pala Band of Mission Indians donated $100,000 to help fund the said.“Budget cuts continue to be a reality for many organizations, but education needs transportation programs in the Fallbrook Union High School District and the to be a priority. is contribution will help ensure access to a high-quality education Bonsall Union School District in San Diego County. e money will be divided for our region’s future leaders.”
equally between the two districts. It will help with transportation costs in rural communities to ensure students maintain access to bus service for school. “We are pleased to help the Bonsall Union and Fallbrook Union High School Districts continue the rural bus service for our local students,” Pala Chairman Robert Smith
SIan Manuel Band Contributes to Monument to Honor Cesar Chavez
n late March, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians announced a contribution “We understand how it is that the spirit of Cesar Chavez must be recognized and to the Latino Network for the Cesar Chavez Memorial Statue in the city of acknowledged for all Americans to learn about the sacri ces of this great man,” said San Riverside. e project will include a monument in honor of the spirit, work and Manuel Chairman James Ramos.“Many Native Americans were among the farm workers
leadership of the late Cesar Estrada Chavez. Cesar Chavez is known throughout the country as having led union organizing e orts on behalf of farm workers; however, his cause was deeply rooted in the ght for basic human rights and the opportunity for all farm workers to earn a living wage and have better working conditions. He founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962, which became the United Farm Workers.
who labored in the elds of California and Arizona and found his work to be important to their dignity.”
e monument, designed by artist Ignacio Gomez, will depict Chavez leading farm workers up an incline along Riverside’s Freedom Walk, which also holds monuments to great citizens of the world including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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ese donations come six months after a $140,000 donation from Pala to save other programs slated for elimination at the Bonsall Union School District. e Pala Tribe has donated more than $500,000 over the past four years to local school districts.