The Luiseño people also used Chokla as a sacred place for centuries prior, describing it as one of the resting places of the powerful spirit Takwish. “This land has significant cultural and historic ties and I’m glad we are moving to protect it.”

“I’m pleased the Senate passed our bill to transfer more than 700 acres of sacred tribal land acquired by the Pala Band of Mission Indians into a trust managed by the Interior Department for the benefit of the tribe,” Feinstein said. government forcibly moved the Cupeño from their ancestral home near what is now Warner Springs in remote northeastern San Diego County to the reservation that already held Luiseño peoples not far south of Temecula.Īccording to the tribe’s own history, the 40-mile journey from the place they called “Cupa” to Pala took three days. The Pala Band - made up of descendants from both Cupeño and Luiseño peoples - have used Chokla as a place to pray and fast since at least 1903, when the U.S. “This bill will allow the Pala Tribe to steward their ancestral homelands, known to the Tribe as ‘Chokla,’ and preserve their traditions for future generations.” “This week’s action in the Senate brings us closer to fulfilling the federal government’s trust and treaty responsibilities to allow Tribal governments to once again manage their sacred lands,” Padilla said.

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