(d) The tribal organization does not keep an official record of births, marriage deaths, or records of disease. In most cases, copies of the birth and death tificates are submitted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Riverside office. T tendency relative to marriage by this band is to follow the State law and obter a marriage license.

11. The following is a list of tribal resolutions which this reservation by submitted since June 30, 1951, for review by the area director:

(1) May 1, 1952, resolution requesting tribal funds be used to repair to hold old schoolhouse building. Action: Purchase order has been dra: } Work is underway.

12. There were no resolutions passed since June 30, 1951, requiring appre by the Secretary of the Interior.

1. Organization

XXXII. RINCON RESERVATION

(a) Rincon Band of Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation, San I County, Calif. This band is not organized and does not have an adopted % stitution and bylaws. This band operates through a five-member commi

(b) There are two political factions within the tribe, one known as the Miss Indian Federation and the other the opposing group. The Federation g apparently is in the minority since the council members generally represent opposing group.

(c) There are no noticeable conservative or advanced social groups among is band.

(d) Social security and welfare services are provided to the group by the cour All children of school age attend public schools in the nearby town. The Int children ride the school buses daily together with non-Indian children from t vicinity of the reservation. The public school which the reservation chiles: attend receives Snancial assistance under a Johnson-O'Malley educational e tract with the State of California under the terms of which funds paid to the Stat are reallocated to needy school districts where Indians reside. The Burea Indian Affairs has cooperative fire control agreements with both the State sp“ the U.S. Forest Service which provide for fire suppression on this reservation wri the Bureau of Indian Affairs making reimbursement for suppression costs. A cooperative agreement has been executed with the local soil conservation disne A public health contract is in effect with this county to furnish public health 5ices to the Indians, for which the Bureau of Indian Affairs pays a fixed sum anny (e) There is considerable evidence of greater assumption of responsibility f their own welfare and self-government, as follows: The tribe has appointed the m the tribal members to police the reservation. The domestic and irrigation wate system is managed and operated by one of the members, who is employed by the Indian Bureau. They apparently have meetings frequently to discuss the welfes of the community. The spokesman is a young veteran and takes an active pat in the affairs of the reservation and in Indian matters generally in the Missic: area. He is secretary of an informal organization of spokesmen representin several of the Mission bands.

2. Officers

(a) There is a tendency for some particular members to be reelected; however, these constitute a minority of the committee.

(b) There are no tribal employees on this reservation.

(c) Tribal resources are not leased.

(d) Character requirements for committeemen are not stipulated.

3. Membership and voting

(a) During the past 2 years the percentage of members of this reservation of voting age who have participated in tribal elections is 60 percent.

(b) There are 126 members of voting age on this reservation.

Most of these

are registered for county elections, but it was estimated that only 75 vote. (c) Since 1934 there have been 2 adoptions; 73 have been added by birth. and 26 have been removed by death since 1934.

(d) The total membership, men, women, and children of this reservation is 226. Of this number it was estimated that 70 do not reside on the reservation or in the immediate vicinity thereof.

(e) All adult members of this reservation have fixed family names and all have fixed post office addresses.

(f) The latest membership for this reservation was prepared in September

1952.

(g) A copy of the current roll is attached.

4. Income and accounts

(a) There has been no tax levied by this reservation on its members. (b) There is no regular source of tribal income.

(c) The sources of income for the heads of families are extremely varied and include employment at the naval depot, farm wage work, construction work and miscellaneous wage work. Some heads of families now have considerable income from agricultural crops produced on the lands within the reservation. (d) The economic position of this band has improved since 1934. Many of the allotments have been made productive and many of the families now have very substantial homes. Also, work is available for most everyone through

out most of the year.

(e) The tribal government has its funds deposited in the Sacramento area office and, therefore, receives an annual accounting. At present there are $464.72, in the account.

(f) The assets of this reservation consist of 3,486 acres of land with irrigation water for some of the valley area, with an estimated total value of approximately $200,000. Approximately 250 acres are allotted. All the irrigation water and practically all values are in the allotted area. The per capita value of these

assets are $1,180.

5. Enterprise and organizations

(a) This reservation has no business enterprises and consequently no employees. (b) There are no other known organizations among the members of this reservation.

6. Land use

(a) Practically all heads of families have land allotments or interests in allotments. A few have assignments. Practically all of the tribal land is used for grazing, however, a portion of it is not suitable for any economic use.

(b) There are no standard or exchange assignments on this reservation. (c) No land has been transferred from allotted to tribal status.

been classified as submarginal.

No land has

(d) Records of allotted lands are current and adequate. However, record of the assigned lands may not always be current.

(e) Attached is a map showing the detail of land status.

7. Law and order

(a) No tribal ordinances have been developed by this reservation which would govern the members in accordance with the State laws.

(b) Domestic relations of the members are handled by the individuals themselves. In other words, these matters are handled in the same manner as the non-Indians handle such matters in the community.

(c) There are no provisions in the tribal organization in dealing with either adult or child delinquencies. These matters are handled for the Indians in the same manner as they are for the non-Indians of the community.

(d) Crime on this reservation is handled by Federal and county authorities contingent upon jurisdiction. Members of the county sheriff's staff have U.S. deputy commissions.

(e) The religious affiliation of the reservation members and the size of each group were estimated by the spokesman as follows: 50 percent Catholic and 50 percent Protestants of various denominations. There is a Catholic church on the reservation.

(f) This reservation does not have a tribal code of law and order.

8. Reports and documents

(a) Documents of the tribal organization, as indicated on the attached forms (accompanying questionnaire) are assembled in the Sacramento area office in addition to files maintained by the tribal secretary. All funds are on deposit in the Sacramento area office. The secretary of the tribal organization furnishes copies of all minutes and resolutions to the area office since most require concurrence or action by the area director.

(b) The tribal secretary maintains a full written record of all proceedings of the tribal organization.

(c) The tribal officers apparently feel that there are no major deficiencies or need for additional records of all transactions.

(d) The tribal organization does not keep an official record of births, marriages, deaths, or disease. In most cases, copies of birth and death certificates are submitted to the Riverside office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The tendency relative to marriage by this band is to follow the State law and obtain a marriage license.

11. The following is a list of tribal resolutions which this reservation has submitted since June 30, 1951, for review of the area director:

(1) Resolution requesting that all liens be canceled to Indian lands, includ- | ing assignment, allotments, and tribal lands.

(2) Resolution to change assignment to trust patent.

(3) Resolution requesting 25-year trust period to be renewed to another 25-year period on tribal and allotted lands.

12. No resolutions nor ordinances have been passed since June 30, 1951, which required approval by the Secretary of the Interior.

1. Organization

XXXIII. SANTA YSABEL RESERVATION

(a) Santa Ysabel Band of Mission Indians, San Diego County, Calif. This band does not have a constitution and bylaws; it operates through a business committee of five members.

(b) There are two political factions within the band. Of the 86 families, 5 are members or followers of the Mission Indian Federation of California. Eightyone families are nonfederation members. There is definite lack of cooperation between these two groups.

(c) There are no noticeable conservative or advanced social groups in this band except for one or two training and welfare groups within the Catholic Church.

(d) This reservation is located approximately 3 miles west of Santa Ysabe Calif. All children of grade and high school age attend the Santa Ysabel publie schools. The Indian children are transported daily by the school buses together with non-Indian children from the vicinity of the reservation. The county offcials play a rather important part in the lives of many members of the reservation through the sheriff and welfare office. A number of families receive some aid through the county welfare and members of the sheriff's office cooperate in enforcing law and order through U.S. deputy commissions. A public_health contract is in effect with this county to furnish public health service to the Indians for which the Bureau of Indian Affairs pays a fixed sum annually. The Burea of Indian Affairs has a cooperative fire control agreement with the California Division of Forestry which provides for fire protection with the Bureau of Indian Affairs reimbursing the State for actual suppression costs.

(e) There is some evidence toward greater assumption of responsibility for their own welfare and self-government, as indicated by positive action being taken by the heads of families in improving living conditions and welfare among the Indians; a special effort has been made to improve the educational oppor tunities for Indian children of the reservation. The present committee chairman was active in the establishment of a unified school district and has served as s member of the public school district board. He takes an active part in the politics of the county and plays a leading role in matters affecting Indians in the mission area.

2. Officers

(a) There is a tendency for the members of one political faction to succeed themselves in the tribal offices. This faction controls a majority of the member ship, and the members consider these officers more familiar with the reservation problems.

(b) There are no tribal employees on this reservation.

(c) Tribal resources are not leased to council members. Most of the council members have assignments in the only tribal resource the land. All of the agricultural and grazing lands are assigned to various heads of families. The assignees operate the assigned lands in subsistence gardens or for grazing purposes. All resident heads of families have a house-lot assignment.

(d) Character requirements are not necessary for membership in the tribal

council on this reservation.

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Membership and voting

(a) During the past 2 years the proportion of members of this reservation of oting age who have participated in tribal elections is about 55 percent.

(b) There are approximately 150 members of voting age on this reservation at resent. The spokesman and committeemen estimated that 20 to 25 vote in ounty elections.

(c) Since 1934 there have been no adoptions. Ninety-three have been added ›y birth and 23 have been removed from the roll by death since 1934.

(d) The total membership, men, women, and children of this reservation is 250. Of this number it was estimated by the spokesman and committeemen that pproximately 100 reside on the reservation and 150 do not reside on the reservaion or in the vicinity of the reservation.

(e) All adult members of the reservation have fixed family names and addresses. (f) The latest census roll for this reservation was prepared in September 1952. (9) A copy of the September 1952 roll is attached.

4. Income and accounts

(a) There has been no tax levied by the business committee on its members. (b) There is no regular source of tribal income for this reservation.

(c) The sources of income for the heads of families are extremely varied and include farm wagework, construction work and miscellaneous wagework. Some heads of families have a small income from livestock and subsistence gardens produced on their assignments within the reservation.

(d) The economic position of this band has been improved since 1934. Many of the assignments have been made productive and many of the families now have substantial homes. Also, employment is available for most everyone throughout most of the year.

(e) The tribal organization has its funds deposited at the Sacramento area office and, therefore, receives an annual accounting.

(f) Assets of this reservation may be summarized as follows: 9,679 acres of tribal land with an estimated value of $80,000. The attached September 1952 roll indicates a total of 250 members; by dividing this number into $80,000 would reflect a per capita value of $320.

5. Enterprise and organizations

(a) This reservation has no business enterprises and consequently no employees. (b) There are no other known organizations among the members of the reservation.

6. Land use

(a) Each family head residing on the reservation has an assignment.

(b) There are no standard or exchange assignments.

(c) There has been no transfer of lands from allotted to tribal status.

are no submarginal lands.

There

(d) Since this reservation is all tribal land there has been no need for land records.

(e) A map of the reservation is attached.

7. Law and order

(a) No tribal ordinance has been developed by this reservation which would govern the members in accordance with the State laws.

(b) Domestic relations of the members are handled by the individuals themselves. In other words, these matters are handled in the same manner as the non-Indians handle such matters in the community.

(c) There are no provisions in the tribal organization for dealing with adult or child delinquencies. These matters are handled for the Indians in the same manner as for the non-Indians in the community.

(d) Crime on the reservation is handled by Federal and county authorities contingent on jurisdiction.

(e) The religious affiliation of the reservation members and the size of each group were estimated by the tribal officers as follows: 95 percent belong to the Catholic Church and 5 percent to Protestant churches of various denominations. (f) This reservation does not have a tribal code of law and order.

8. Reports and documents

(a) Documents of the tribal organization as evidenced on the attached forms (accompanying questionnaire) are assembled in the Sacramento area office in addition to the files maintained by the tribal spokesman and secretary on the reservation. All tribal funds are deposited with the Sacramento area office.

(c) There are no major deficiencies nor need for additional records in the operation of the tribal organization. The current tribal records are fairly com plete. However, it is suspected that with the change of control from one faction to another that in some cases not all the records are passed along to the new group. (d) The tribal organization does not keep official records of births, marriages, deaths, or records of disease. They depend on the county records and vital statistics required by State law.

11. There are no resolution and ordinance submitted by the tribal organization since June 30, 1952, requiring the approval of the area director.

12. There are no council resolutions and ordinances passed by this tribe requir ing approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

1. Organization

XXVII. LA JOLLA RESERVATION

(a) The La Jolla Band of Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation, San Diego County. This band does not have a written constitution or land code; it operates through a business committee of five members.

(b) There are two major political factions within the band. Both factions are exerting special efforts to place members on the business committee and did play an important part in the past history of the tribal government. It was estimated that there are 100 members or followers of the Mission Indian Federation of California, 100 members or followers of the nonfederation, and 12 members not accounted for.

(c) There are no localized or otherwise noticeable conservative or advanced social groups on this reservation.

(d) This reservation is located approximately 5 miles from the nearest town which is Valley Center. However, it was said that there has been no need or desire for cooperation with the town officials except that all children of school age attend the public schools located in Valley Center. The Indian children ride the school buses daily together with non-Indian children from the vicinity of the reservation. The committeemen contended that the county officials play a rather limited part in the lives of the members of this reservation. The committeemen stated that a number of persons receive old age pensions through the county wel fare office, and other welfare services are provided by the county. Members of the county sheriff's office have been issued U.S. deputy commissions through which, they assist in enforcing law and order on the reservation. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has cooperative fire control agreements with both the State and U.S. Forest Service which provide for fire suppression on the reservation with the Bureau of Indian Affairs making reimbursement for suppression costs. A publie health contract is in effect with this county to furnish public health services to the Indians, for which the Bureau of Indian Affairs pays a fixed sum annually.

(e) There is evidence toward greater assumption of the responsibility for their own welfare and self-government, as indicated by action of the tribal officers to improve living conditions; within the next few months it was anticipated that the Rural Electrification Administration would extend electric services to the reservation; other evidence of assuming responsibility appeared in the efforts of the tribal officers to increase the educational opportunities to all children of school age.. 2. Officers

(a) During the past 2 years difficulties have been encountered in electing tribal officers. These difficulties have been encountered because the two major political factions, federation and nonfederation members, are evenly divided. It was said by the committeemen that membership meetings have not been conducted during the past 2 years because of serious controversies pertaining to recognized tribal officers.

(b) There are no tribal employees on this reservation.

(c) Most of the council members and most of the heads of the families residing on the reservation have original allotments and/or inherited interests in allotments. The remainder of the heads of families residing on the reservation have temporary assignments. There are no tribal resources leased to council members or their close relatives.

(d) Character requirements for committeemen are not stipulated in any constitution.

3. Membership and voting

(a) During the past 2 years the percentage of members on this reservation of voting age who have participated in tribal elections was 52 percent.