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The county Board of Supervisors on Wednesday delayed voting on a proposal to repeal a decades-old policy prohibiting the region’s 18 tribes from expanding their reservations.
The proposal was announced last week by Supervisor Jim Desmond and local tribal leaders.
Supervisor Nora Vargas, who co-sponsored the action, asked the board to continue the item until May 5 to give community members more time to digest it.
If the policy is repealed, it would also scale back the strict requirements for tribes to obtain liquor licenses, and would establish a tribal liaison to strengthen the government-to-government relationship between the county and each tribal governments.
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JAMUL
Jamul residents gathered Thursday to hear the latest about “Hollywood Casino,” which is about to open in their community, and to voice their continued opposition.
The casino is backed by Jamul Indian Village, a small local tribe, and Penn National Gaming, Inc., of Pennsylvania.
The meeting was sponsored by the Jamul Action Committee, a group that has long opposed the gaming facility.
There were no Jamul tribal leaders at the meeting, but on Monday, tribal chairwoman Erica Pinto said, “It has been 16 years, but our casino is almost ready to open.”
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Pinto said the tribe recently met with the National Indian Gaming Commission in Washington about some “minor changes” in a management agreement.
San Diego Native American tribes demonstrate resilience in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic
In some parts of the country, the incidence of confirmed Coronavirus cases among American Indians is more than three times that of whites Author: Richard Allyn (Reporter) Updated: 11:27 PM PST February 17, 2021
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. While COVID-19 has devastated many Native American tribes across the country, killing older American Indians at alarmingly high rates, local tribes in San Diego County have had their resilience put to the test in other ways during the pandemic. Many lives are being lost, especially our cultural keepers and our elders, said Dr. Joely Proudfit, chair of the American Indian Studies Department at Cal State San Marcos. The cultural knowledge that they bring to the community: that is irreplaceable.