Mission Creek Reservation, California

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United States California  Indians of California  Mission Creek Reservation

Mission Creek Band of Indians, Mission Creek Reservation is located in Desert Hot Springs,

Riverside County, California

Established: January 28, 1921

Agency:

Tribe: Mission Creek Band of Indians, Mission Creek Reservation

Population: 1969: Tribal enrollment: 215 Serrano Indians of Desert Hot Springs, Yucaipa and

San Timoteo Canyon.

Current: 2012 Tribal Tribal enrollment 156

Tribal Chairman: Tony G. Lopez III

Headquarters
Mission Creek Band of Indians, Mission Creek Reservation P.O. Box 347 Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240 1-760-980-0170

Web site: http://chino-jurupa-tribes.com/Mission_Creek_Band_of.html

History
Brief Timeline: Established: January 28, 1921, Federal status Terminated 1979, Petition for Federal Status Certified October 3, 2011. Letter of Intent to Petition 07/19/2012

Continue for federal status in 2012 and 2013

Records
http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/xofa/documents/text/idc-020619.pdf

Agency Records: #336 Mission Creek Band of Indians, Mission Creek Reservation

Census Records: www.missioncreeknation.com

Land Records: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol7/html_files/v7p1579c.html

Treaties: http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol7/html_files/v7p1579c.html

Bibliography : Missioncreeknation.com

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