| Soboba Reservation Ethnology-Language: Luiseņo (originally Cahuilla) Established: 1883 County: Riverside Acreage: 5,915 Population: 450 Location: In eastern Riverside County, near the town of San Jacinto. Soboba is located where the San Jacinto River cut terraces near the low mountains to create deep ravines and several alluvial plains. Once a Cahuilla reservation, most residents are now Luiseņo - somewhat removed from other Luiseņo reservations. The rocky terrain is home to a couple of horse ranches, and old chapel and cemetery, health services, a newly built pre-school, and offices in the Ahmium tribal hall and education center. The casino is hard to miss with its large parking lot. The Ramona Pageant takes place a few miles away in the Ramona Bowl. Library: Currently, the library for the Soboba reservation is the fully electronic library in the DQ University building. DQ was established in the early 1990s and the library is open 9:00 to 5:00 or when DQ staff are around for night classes. Gloria Wright, former DQ Director, helped to develop the computer lab with its ten computer stations that are fully networked with internet access. The webpage, designed by an attorney/anthropologist friend of Soboba, provides links to many electronic sources - Library of Congress, California Digital Library, Internet Public Library, Federal Indian Law, etc. Some full text databases are accessible for students but access to books and journal articles is cumbersome. Rita Reynolds, Head Tutor for Soboba and hired in June, 2002, has been working on plans to develop a library that will focus on tribal archives and language restoration. |
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