San Manuel Custom Book

‘Our future, however, does not rest with gaming and the accumulation of wealth. Our future depends on our ability to create a community based on a foundation of sovereignty; one that provides our citizens with strong, responsible and responsive government; economic stability; and a healthy and nurturing spiritual, social and cultural environment.’ We have diversified our tribal economy, which now includes hotels and commercial and industrial property here in San Bernardino County and throughout the United States. Citizens of San Manuel now have adequate housing and access to health care and educational opportunities. Our future, however, does not rest with gaming and the accumulation of wealth. Our future depends on our ability to create a community based on a foundation of sovereignty; one that provides our citizens with a strong, responsible and responsive government; economic stability; and a healthy and nurturing spiritual, social and cultural environment. That is what we on San Manuel have been doing over the past two decades; strengthening our tribal government and rebuilding our community. Jerry Paresa, who heads our intergovernmental affairs, believes it has taken most municipal, county and state governments more than a century to accomplish what we have succeeded in doing in just the last 20 years. I agree. We have built a tribal government that today consists of numerous departments dealing with public safety and fire protection; public works and environmental protection; education and language revitalization; administration and risk management; gaming regulations and human resources; inter-government and public affairs; real estate and project development; tribal finance and legal affairs. We have come a long way. But we have a long ways to go. We need to continue to create solid governmentto-government relationships with federal, state, county and municipal agencies; relationships based not only on laws and contractual obligations, but trust, mutual respect and common goals. It is important that we work together – Indians and non-Indians – for the betterment of all people. It is our goal to become an equal partner, politically, economically and socially with our non-Indian neighbors. Only in truly rebuilding our community and providing a better quality of life for the citizens of San Manuel can we reach common ground. Henry Duro REACHING COMMON GROUND Editor Jacob Coin, executive director, office of public affairs San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians Associate Editor/Writer Dave Palermo, editor BNP Media Gaming Group Art Director Ted Steinberg, senior art director BNP Media Gaming Group Production Coordinator Kenneth Shoji, public relations manager San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians Contributing Photographers Andrew Phipps (cover photo), Alan Merrigan and Paul Prado San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians Tribal Administration 26569 Community Center Drive Highland, CA 92646 (909) 864-8933 Economic Development (909) 864-8933 Department of Planning and Development (909) 425-3590 San Manuel Fire Department (909) 864-6928 Education Department (909) 864-8933 Ext. 1093 Human Resources (909) 425-4800 Community Outreach (charitable giving) (909) 864-8933 Gaming Commission (909) 475-1800 Ext 123 San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino 777 San Manuel Boulevard Highland, CA 92346 (909) 864-5050 www.sanmanuel.com San Manuel Bottled Water Group 1707 Riverview Drive San Bernardino, CA 92408 (866) 374-6542 www.bigbearspring.com Media/General Inquiries Kenneth Shoji, public relations manager (909) 864-8933 ext. 3154 kshoji@sanmanuel-nsn.gov Reaching Common Ground is a publication of the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians produced by Indian Gaming Business, a publication of BNP Media Gaming Group 5 http://www.sanmanuel.com http://www.bigbearspring.com

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San Manuel Custom Book Contents Editorial Chapter One: A Tribe with a World View Three Fires Make History with Sacramento Marriott San Manuel Village Nears Completion Giving is the Serrano Way Chapter Two: San Manuel Firefighters Prove Their Mettle A Day at the Office Chapter Three: San Manuel Outreach Cal State University at San Bernardino Operation Phoenix Loma Linda University Medical Center Chapter Four: Building a Tribal Government on San Manuel Behind the Scenes Frances 'Tu Tu' Morongo

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