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December 2014 Tribes in the News
SBarona Tribe Awards $5,000 Education Grant to Escondido School
tudents and educators at Grace Lutheran School received a $5,000 grant on October 30th, from the Barona Band of Mission Indians. e Escondido school will use the funds to provide students with updated technology by purchasing 18 Chromebooks, personal computers featuring the Chrome OS operating system.
Assemblywoman Marie Waldron, a former Escondido city councilmember, sponsored the school’s grant. Grace Lutheran School has been an integral part of the Escondido community since 1957, and currently educates 335 students in preschool through 8th grade.
“It is our pleasure to help Grace Lutheran students have access to the tools they need to succeed in a technology driven age,” said Cli ord LaChappa, Chairman of the Barona Band of Mission Indians. “We would like to thank Assemblywoman Marie Waldron for reaching out to us, and congratulate Principal Ben Elliott on the hard work that has made Grace Lutheran such an impressive academic school.”
SNpotlight 29 Casino Hosts Winter Gathering Pow Wow
Since 2006, the Barona Band of Mission Indians has awarded over $2.3 million to 474 schools statewide to help bridge school budget gaps and share resources through its Barona Education Grant Program.
e program is the rst of its kind in California created and administered by a Tribal Government.
e goal of the program is to create strong educational opportunities for the children of California, building upon the success of the Barona Indian Charter School, which operates under a continuous improvement model. Schools throughout California can apply for educational grants from Barona to purchase much needed supplies and materials that promote academic improvement.
Grace Lutheran School received $5,000 from the Barona Education Grant Program to purchase new computers.
Each grant awarded by the Barona Education Grant Program is $5,000. Applications can be downloaded at http://barona-nsn.gov/education.
ative American culture will come alive at the festive Winter Gathering Pow (6 years and under), up to the “Golden Age” group, which features both men and Wow, presented by the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians from women ages 65 and older. Cash prizes are awarded to the top performers in every
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December 12 to 14 , at the Spotlight 29 Casino Spotlight Showroom. category. Special performances include the Iron Man Fancy, as well as the Men and
Admission is free. e Winter Gathering Pow Wow begins on Friday, December 12th, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.; continues on Saturday, December 13th, from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.; and ends on Sunday, December 14th, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Native Americans from across the United States and Canada attend the gathering for a spectacular display of traditional handmade dresses, dancing, songs, arts, crafts and food. e Winter Gathering Pow Wow provides an opportunity for people of all ages to participate in a
memorable event lled with Native American tradition.
The Winter Gathering Pow Wow brings multiple tribes together to compete in
various dance and drum contests. Guests will see dancers in the “ Tiny Tots” group
TSan Manuel Band Awards $197,000 Grant to Ronald McDonald House
provides overnight housing near Loma Linda University Medical Center and other nearby hospitals to families of seriously ill children. e grant will be able to provide even more families with a home-away-from-home.
In addition to enabling stays, the grant will help fund the current plan to enhance the Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House, including Meals of Loves, a program that allows community members to volunteer their time to prepare home-cooked meals for
MOorongo Tribe Donates 10,000 Turkeys for Thanksgiving
Women’s Team Dance.
A highlight of the Winter Gathering Pow Wow is the Grand Entry, where all of the
tribal dancers enter the Spotlight Showroom in a procession. Grand Entry times are Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday at 1 p.m. Guests can also enjoy delicious food, including authentic recipes of Native American Fry Bread and Indian Tacos. A variety of vendors will be on hand selling Native American jewelry, art, apparel, Navajo pottery, and traditional dreamcatchers. For more information, call 866-377-6829 or visit Spotlight29.com.
he Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House received a $197,000 grant from the San families, and buy standard grocery items for family use while staying at the Ronald Manuel Band of Mission Indians in late October that will allow the facility to McDonald House.
continue its o -site hotel program. e Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House e Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House, a program of Ronald McDonald House
Charities of Southern California, provides a bridge to health care and gives children and families the time they need to heal and cope together. At little to no cost to these families, the program allows them to remain steps from their sick child, helping to ease the impact, while o ering services and spaces that create a sense of normalcy, and a supportive, encouraging, and comforting environment.
n November 17th, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians donated 10,000 are based in Banning, Riverside, San Bernardino, Temecula, Desert Hot Springs, Indio, turkeys to charities and churches, providing an estimated 150,000 anksgiving Palm Desert, Los Angeles, Carlsbad and many other communities. Military families meals to families, seniors and veterans across Inland Southern California, and also bene t from the Tribe’s anksgiving Outreach program, which earmarked nearly
beyond. With this year’s donation, Morongo’s annual Thanksgiving Outreach program will have provided at least 1.3 million holiday meals to those in need.
e program has provided more than 90,000 turkeys to help feed those in need. In 2012, the Tribe began donating 10,000 birds a year. e groups that received turkeys
400 turkeys for local chapters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and the Carlsbad-based Our Fallen Soldier. Morongo’s turkey largesse isn’t limited to the Inland Empire. e Union Rescue Mission and Los Angeles Mission received a combined total of 500 birds to help feed the homeless.
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