San Manuel Custom Book

EMERGENCE OF SAN MANUEL ■ Gateway to the San Bernardino Mountains San Manuel Village nears completion HIGHLAND, Calif. – San Manuel Village, key to the tribe’s efforts to diversify its business portfolio, will serve as a gateway to the nearby Big Bear Lake resorts while providing economic stimulus to the city of Highland and other neighboring communities. A project of Victoria Development Company, a tribal enterprise, San Manuel Village will include a 110room Hampton Inn and Suites, several restaurants, retail stores and a professional office building on 12 acres. The development at Highland and Boulder avenues will create approximately 250 full-time jobs and serve as a catalyst for additional development in the communities of Highland and San Bernardino. Highland, with a population of more than 51,000, borders the San Manuel reservation and is about 50 minutes southwest of Big Bear Lake, a resort town nestled high in the San Bernardino Mountains, popular for snow skiing, boating and its Alpine village ambiance. “Victoria Development Company is working with our city to realize the economic potential of Highland for business and hospitality by capitalizing on our location in the growing Inland Empire region,”thenHighland Mayor Ross Jones said.“The creative energies of everyone involved have given shape to buildings that will contribute to the natural beauty of our community and draw visitors to Highland.” The tribe’s economic revitalization, which began in 1986 with San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino, today includes hotels, commercial and industrial real estate, office buildings and a bottled water plant. “The tribe is pushing forward with economic developments that will transcend future generations with sustainable and diverse revenue source to benefit our children’s children,” former San Manuel Chairman Henry Duro said. The tribe’s efforts at diversification, highlighted by Four Fires and Three Fires LLC – tribal business coalitions in the development of Marriott Residence Inns in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento, Calif. – includes a proposed warehouse and industrial business center at San Bernardino International Airport (formerly Norton Air Force Base). ment,” said Peggi Hazlett, assistant to San Bernardino Mayor Patrick J. Morris.“They are a partner; an equal partner.” Tribal projects – particularly San Manuel Village and proposed development of tribal land at San Bernardino International Airport – are designed to generate jobs and contribute to the economic growth not just for San Manuel, but the entire region. San Manuel flood control projects protect not only the reservation, but surrounding neighborhoods. The tribe also is working with nearby municipalities to widen and develop Victoria Avenue. “San Manuel is vital to the community,” said Highland Mayor Penny Lilburn.“Tribal members are active in civic affairs and organizations that make important choices on issues dealing with local and state governments. The tribe and tribal members are also making an economic impact on our community. And they are involved. They are hands-on involved.” A COMMUNITY OF ONE San Manuel is a strategic partner with many of the region’s most valued institutions, including Loma Linda University Medical Center and its children’s hospital and California State University at San Bernardino. The tribe works in support of Operation Phoenix, an innovative program to assist neglected San Bernardino neighborhoods. “San Manuel continues to be a partner in the Serrano people have lived independently and 1830 1900 1866 Santos Manuel safely leads the Yuhaviatam clan of Serrano Indians from the mountains after a deadly militia raid. ▲ 1832 Worchester vs. Georgia ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that defines Indian nations as “distinct political communities, having territorial boundaries, within which their authority is exclusive.” 1891 San Manuel Indian Reservation receives federal recognition. 1924 Congress passes U.S. Citizens Act, granting citizenship to all American Indians. 8

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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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