California: Echo Hawk Issues A Final Determination Against Acknowledgment Of The Juaneño Band ...
California: Echo Hawk Issues A Final Determination Against Acknowledgment Of The Juaneño Band Of Mission Indians Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today issued a final determination not to acknowledge the petitioner known as the Juaneño Band of Mission Indians (Petitioner #84B) as an Indian tribe. This petitioner, located in Santa Ana, Calif., has 455 members. The evidence in the record demonstrates that the petitioner does not meet four of the seven mandatory criteria for...For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources.