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Culture

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HERITAGE

Cahuilla people are divided into three groups: Mountain Cahuilla, Pass Cahuilla and Desert Cahuilla, each with a slightly different dialect.

community

culture

HERITAGE

Cahuilla people are divided into three groups: Mountain Cahuilla, Pass Cahuilla and Desert Cahuilla, each with a slightly different dialect.

community

culture

HERITAGE

Cahuilla people are divided into three groups: Mountain Cahuilla, Pass Cahuilla and Desert Cahuilla, each with a slightly different dialect.

The three remaining parcels, which include Toro Peak where the Tribe operates a telecommunications relay station, are located east of the main parcel. Elevation ranges from 4,200’ elevation at Sew’ia (Cahuilla name for “New” Santa Rosa) to 8,700’ elevation at Toro Peak.

Economic

Development

Economic

Development

One of the Tribe’s land parcels encompasses one full section at Toro Peak, located in the Santa Rosa Mountains. The Tribe leases land and provides electricity to federal, state and local agencies, even individual HAM operators for their radio communication needs.

Heritage

Members of the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians are the direct descendants of three Cahuilla clans that traditionally occupied the areas of Toro Peak, Coyote Canyon/Anza Borrego, Garner Valley, Pinion and present day Santa Rosa Indian Reservation.