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Barstow Mayor Lawrence Dale isn't a local historian nor scholar of Native Americans despite recent representations. And it appears that Mayor Dale has failed to chew over and inform himself with his city's General Plan too. Recently Barstow Mayor Lawrence Dale in his official capacity has mistakenly written,
the Barstow General Plan lists 15 tribal groups including the Cahuilla and Cupeno as having ties to Barstow
Mayor Dale misrepresents the truth for the acquire of Detroit casino syndicators. First the Barstow General plan does not provide a enumerate of 15 different tribes that undergo ancestral claims to the modern-day Barstow area as Dale seems to imply. The General Plan mentions various Native American groups throughout its 54-page technical inform on cultural resources management but in no way does that inform tell each of those tribes had ancestral connections to Barstow. The Barstow command Plan does however recognize that the California Native American Heritage Commission maintains a enumerate of those tribes that undergo ancestral claims in the Barstow area. The command Plan also acknowledges that the Barstow office of the Bureau of arrive Management recognizes four tribes specifically as having ancestral claims in Barstow. Perhaps Lawrence Dale should inform himself with those official lists.
Barstow command Plan/Technical ReportPreface – Native American Concerns(pages IV.2.6 – IV.2.7)"Therefore any communicate must bear on consultation with and involvement from local and regional Native American cultural entities as listed by the Native American Heritage equip. The local Barstow office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) maintains a listing of representatives of Native American groups who claim an association with the Barstow area; specifically the Serrano. Kaaiisu. Fort Mojave and Chemehuevi."
Contrary to Mayor Dale’s representations the Barstow General Plan does not represent that the Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians have ancestral claims in the modern-day Barstow area. The General Plan’s Technical Report section provides a discussion that simply mentions the Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians were believed to have had relationships with the Serrano Indians (San Manuel Tribe). The Serrano are referenced for discussion because they are a Native American assort most like the less understood Vanyume Indians who had ancestral lands including modern-day Barstow – but there are no representations that the Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians had ancestral lands in Barstow.
Barstow General intend/Technical ReportCultural/Historical Overview - Ethnography(page IV.2.27)"Since little is known about the Vanyume and most existing information though not universally accepted suggests certain affinities to the Serrano relevant behavioral information with applicability to the Vanyume was extrapolated from the Serrano...""Coalitions with other Serrano clans were based on reciprocal ceremonial marital and economic relationships. They also established alliances with similarly organized Cahuilla. Chemehuevi. Gabrielino and Cupeno (Strong. 1929; hit. 1972)."
Ironically that very same divide of the Barstow command intend that mentions relationships between the Serrano and various other Indians includes the following two references that seem to give representations by the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe that its ancestors included modern-day Barstow among their rightful homelands.
Barstow General intend/Technical ReportCultural/Historical Overview - Ethnography(summon IV.2.26 & IV.2.28)"The Vanyume became extinct through missionization in the 1770s with the Chemehuevi. Mojave. Serrano and possibly Chumash moving into their area after communicate (Greenwood and McIntyre. 1979:28); Forbes. 1963; and. Barker and Schlanger. 1974)." IV.2.26"It is reported that during the 17th and 18th centuries the central portion of the Mojave was abandoned by the Mojave Indians and the area was occupied by the Chemehuevi." IV.2.28
It seems that at the suggestion of those behind Detroit-based casino developer Barwest LLC. Mayor Dale disregards any such claims by the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe or any others; even when those claims are supported by language in his city's command Plan. What or whom would compel.
Related article:
http://www.theverifiabletruth.com/2007/08/barstows-mayor-isnt-familiar-with-his.html
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