Pala, California Area
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The Pala Band of Mission Indians is located in northern San Diego County, where a majority of the 918 enrolled members live on their 12,273-acre reservation, established for Cupeño and Luiseño Indians, who consider themselves to be one proud people — Pala.
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Pala Indian Reservation: Pala Tribe
The reservation occupies parts of four 7.5 minute topographic maps: Boucher Hill, Pala, Pechanga, and Vail Lake, California. The area consists of area in and around Pala, California. According to a list of California tribal entities on Senator Barbara Boxer's web site, the Pala tribal areas are home to Cupeño and Luiseño language groups. The Cupeno language is sometimes written with a guttural stop (Cupe'o) or with the space dropped (Cupeo). The tribe is officially called the Pala Band of Mission Indians and has about 1,000 members. It is a federally recognized Indian tribe. It consists of Cupeno and Luiseno people. The Cupeno people were forcibly removed to Pala in 1901 from their ancestral homeland, called Kupa, on what is now called Warner's Ranch east of Pala. This event is referred to by the tribe as the "Cupeno Trail of Tears." Traditionally a modest and sometimes poor tribe, the Pala Band now has one of the largest[citation needed] and most successful[citation needed] casinos and resort hotels in Southern California, Pala Casino Resort and Spa, and uses the proceeds from the gaming and hospitality enterprises for important social services, education and infrastructure improvements to the reservation. Another major tribal group, the Pauma Band of Mission Indians (Luiseno) are to the east and south along State Route 76.
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Mission San Antonio de Pala
Mission San Antonio de Pala, founded by Father Antonio Peyri OFM on June 13th, 1816, is the only one of the original Spanish California Missions to survive in its purpose of service to Native Americans. The Mission at Pala was built as an 'asistencia' to the larger Mission San Luis Rey - west of Pala. The location of 'Pala' was ideal: there was water (Pala in Native American means 'water'); the soil was good, and there was a large Native American population. By 1816 Mission San Luis Rey had grown so much that Fr. Antonio Peyri established a chapel, which he dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua. From 1948 to 1991 the Pala Mission was entrusted to the Comboni Fathers who in 1954 began an ambitious rebuilding program, with little money but much cooperation from the local parishioners and friends of the Mission. The effort received considerable publicity and attracted the help of individuals and groups from throughout Southern California, and by April of 1959, the structure was completed as it stands today. In May of 1991, the administration of the Mission was returned to the Diocese of San Diego. Then in June of 1993 the Franciscan Friars, OFM Conv. and the anciscan Sisters of Philadelphia accepted the pastoral care of this very special Mission. As of June 1996 the Barnabite Fathers are in charge of the Pala Mission. Mission San Antonio de Pala offers many unique Tourist Attractions. The original simple structure is a fine example of Mission Architecture. The long chapel, which displays Native American paintings on its walls and the original floor, offers the visitor a prayerful and reflective atmosphere. The bell tower, modeled after one in Juarez, Mexico, differs from all others in the 21 California Mission Chain in that it stands apart from the main structure. The old cemetery, the Mission Courtyard garden, and shrines have the strong appeal of peace and meditation and are reminiscent of the past. The Mission Gift Shop and Museum, housed in the original west wing of the Mission complex, has a rich display of Native American artifacts, old statues, and other important relics of the Pala Mission as well as of the entire Mission period.
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Inn - Fallbrook, CA
1608 South Mission Road, Fallbrook, California 92028
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