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Two tribes among hardest hit by California fires
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Filed Under: Environment | National

The Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians and the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians are among the hardest hit by fires in southern California.

The Poomacha Fire hit both reservations, destroying homes and sending residents into shelters. At Rincon, 65 homes, trailers and other buildings have been destroyed. At La Jolla, at least 41 homes have been destroyed.

“This has just shocked the entire community,” La Jolla Chairman Tracy Nelson told The San Diego Union-Tribune. “We're just trying to pull ourselves together.”

Other reservations hit by the fires include the Yuina, San Pasqual, Pala, Capitan Grande, Mesa Grande, Santa Ysabel, Barona, Jamul and Inaja-Cosmit reservations. More than 26,000 acres of tribal land have burned, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Get the Story:
'We were left behind,' tribal official says (The San Diego Union-Tribune 10/25)
In Barona, Some Stay, Some Go (Voice of San Diego 10/25)
Raging wildfires burning up southern California reservations (Indian Country Today 10/25)
Poomacha fire remains active (The North County Times 10/25)
Evacuees shelter at Soboba reservation (The Riverside Press-Enterprise 10/25)
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Corporations donate cash, goods, services to fire-relief efforts (The Riverside Press-Enterprise 10/25)

Relevant Links:
After the Fires Fund - http://www.sdfoundation.org/fire2007

Related Stories:
Fires strike southern California reservations (10/24)
BIA cancels consultation due to California fires (10/23)



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