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Set at the foot of the beautiful San Gorgonio and San Jacinto Mountains, the Morongo Indian Reservation spans more than 35,000 acres and overlooks the vistas of the Banning Pass. Resilient and resourceful, the Morongo tribe has had to overcome many adversities.
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS
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National Native American Heritage Month
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Morongo Golf Tournament Raises Over $150,000 for Groups Serving the San Gorgonio Pass
A helicopter drops hundreds of golf balls at the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon during a fundraiser benefitting the Banning Animal Shelter at the 27th Annual Morongo Charity Golf Tournament. The popular tournament held at the championship Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon has provided more than $2.75 million to local non-profits over the past 27 years.
BEAUMONT, Calif. – Hundreds of golfers from across Southern California took to the fairways at the 27th Annual Morongo Charity Golf Tournament to raise money for local youth, a historic Native American museum and a local animal shelter.
Morongo Tribal Council Member Brian Lugo presents a check to Malki Museum representatives at the 27th Annual Morongo Charity Golf Tournament. Held on Monday, October 16 at the beautiful Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon, the tournament raised $100,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass and $50,000 for the Malki Museum, the oldest nonprofit museum founded by Native Americans on a California Indian reservation. For the second year in a row, the annual tournament kicked off with helicopter ball-drop raffle which also raised thousands of dollars for the Banning Animal Shelter, operated by ARE Animal Rescue.
“From creating positive pathways local youth and families, to preserving the rich cultural history of local tribes, to finding loving homes for 3,000 pets every year, the non-profits benefiting from this year’s Morongo Charity Golf Tournament each provide vital services to the Pass,” said Morongo Tribal Vice Chair James Silva, co-chair of the tournament. “Combined, the work of Boys & Girls Clubs, Malki Museum and Banning Animal Shelter strengthen our region’s future while preserving our past.”
Members of the Morongo Tribal Council present a check to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass at the 27th Annual Morongo Charity Golf Tournament. Megan Grisham, interim chief executive officer of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the San Gorgonio Pass, thanked Morongo for its ongoing support, saying “We are genuinely grateful to Morongo for their generosity, which fuels our mission and empowers us to create even greater positive change in the lives of those we serve.”
The tournament was held at beautiful, 36-hole Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon, the local home of the Southern California PGA and host to the annual IOA Championship on the Epson Tour, the official qualifying tour of the LPGA.
“Morongo remains committed to supporting community organizations that enhance the quality of life in the Pass,” said Morongo Tribal Council Member Brian Lugo, a co-chair of the tournament. “Once again this year, we are grateful to the players and sponsors whose contributions led to the tremendous success of our 27th annual Charity Golf Tournament.”
Since 1997, the Morongo Charity Golf Tournament has raised over $2.75 million to support dozens of local nonprofits that serve children, schools, veterans, and hospitals across the region.
About the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon
Set against a backdrop of breathtaking mountain views, the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon offers 36 world-class holes, state-of-the-art practice facilities, outstanding amenities, and professional, personalized customer service. Ranked among the best courses in Southern California, Tukwet Canyon remains the regional home for the Southern California PGA, and host to the SCPGA Professional Championship. Since 2015, Tukwet Canyon has hosted the Epson Tour, the official qualifying tour of the LPGA.
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CA DOJ & TRIBAL COMMUNITY MMIP EVENT
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10th Annual Open Ranch Rodeo – September 30th, 2023
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Hurricane Hilary Evacuation Warning Lifted
Evacuation Warning Lifted
The voluntary evacuation warning issued due to Tropical Storm Hilary was lifted at 8 a.m. this morning (Monday, Aug. 21) on the Morongo Indian Reservation. The temporary evacuation center located at the Morongo Community Center will close at noon today, however gates into the canyons will remain closed at this time.
Remember, do not drive on flooded roads or around road closures as streets may be washed out underneath floodwaters. TURN AROUND! DON’T DROWN!
For updates, please monitor the Morongo EMS Facebook page and the tribal website, watch your email and cell phone alerts and listen to the Morongo Emergency Radio at FM 89.1.
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Four Recent Supreme Court Decisions Impacting Tribal Sovereignty with Stephen L. Pevar
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2023 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
RSVP 530-661-5767 or Email [email protected]
From 1971 through 1974, Mr. Stephen Pevar was a staff attorney with South Dakota Legal Services on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation. From 1976 to the present, he has served as a National Staff Counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. Mr. Pevar has litigated 200 federal cases involving constitutional rights, including cases in more than 10 different Federal District Courts, 3 differ- ent U.S. Courts of Appeals, and 1 case in the US. Supreme Court. Mr. Stephen Pevar is a Federal Indian Law instructor, and the author of The Rights of Indians and Tribes (Oxford University Press, published January 2012). He has litigated a number of cases in the field of Indian rights and has lectured extensively on the subject.
Come listen to Stephen L. Pevar discuss & important Supreme Court Decisions affecting tribes, and pick up a signed copy of his book!
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Morongo Air & Ground Ambulances Take Flight!
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Morongo Awards Nearly $200,000 to Community Groups at 2nd Annual Community Outreach Luncheon
Members of the Morongo Tribal Council, the Morongo Community Outreach Committee, and officials from area non-profit organizations at the 2nd Annual Morongo Community Outreach Awards. The Tribe provided grants to 71 different organizations serving others across local communities, continuing its commitment to philanthropy
The Morongo Band of Mission Indians awarded nearly $200,000 in grants to dozens of non-profit organizations serving local communities as part of the Tribe’s 2nd Community Outreach Awards luncheon, held on Wednesday, April 19.
The 71 grant recipients represented a wide array of organizations across Riverside and San Bernardino counties, including those involved with Native American culture, social services, education, hospitals or health organizations, and support groups for members of the military and military families.
“Morongo is a giving tribe, and helping others has been a core value of our tribe for generations. We are thrilled to be supporting dozens of exceptional non-profit organizations who inspire us by doing so much to serve those in need and to promote the wellbeing of others,” said Morongo Tribal Chairman Charles Martin.
Morongo Tribal Chairman Charles Martin speaks at the 2nd Annual Morongo Community Outreach Awards. Launched in 2022, the Morongo Community Outreach Awards Program supports the work of non-profit organizations across the Inland Empire and Southern California by providing grants of up to $5,000 each to recipient groups. With this year’s awards, the program has awarded nearly $400,000 in grants in two years.
“We are so thankful to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians for their generous support,” said Raven Hilden, Founder and CEO of MilVet, a Murrieta-based non-profit that supports deployed troops, veterans and their families. “This grant will help us provide care packages for our nation’s heroes both abroad and here at home.”
Patrick Froehle of Banning-based non-profit Hope, Empathy, Love, Prayer (H.E.L.P.), a food pantry that provides supplemental food to low-income families in the San Gorgonio Pass area expressed his gratitude to the Tribe for their focus on helping the community.
“We are so grateful to have a partner like Morongo and for their continued support of our community and groups like ours that help provide much-needed resources to those experiencing food insecurity,” Froehle said.
During the luncheon, award recipients were recognized for their exceptional service and partnership with Morongo.
“We deeply appreciate Morongo’s continued generosity and support,” said Maureen Girouard, Director for Development and Communications for ABC Recovery Center, an Indio-based addiction treatment center. “This grant enables us to expand our abilities in providing medical intervention technologies that when needed and deployed, could mean the difference between life and death for the very vulnerable population we serve.”
Groups that received awards from Morongo hailed from across the Inland region, ranging from Clearwater Residential, Inc., of Moreno Valley (a housing provider for low-income veterans) to the CARE Project of Riverside (breast cancer support), to Guide Dogs of the Desert of Palm Springs (providing service dogs to the visually-impaired) to Olive Crest of Palm Desert.
Morongo’s Community Outreach Awards Program aligns with the Tribe’s ongoing philanthropic efforts. Over the past decade, Morongo has provided more than $15 million to support local and national non-profit organizations that serve the San Gorgonio Pass and the surrounding regions, as well as greater Southern California.
For information about the 2024 Community Outreach Awards program, groups are encouraged to visit www.morongonation.org/donations/
Morongo Tribal leaders and elected officials from Riverside County and the San Gorgonio Pass celebrate the 2nd Annual Morongo Community Outreach Awards.
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New Morongo Tribal Ground and Air Ambulances Take Flight to Strengthen Regional Public Safety
Tribe’s historic partnership with American Medical Response & REACH Air Medical Services will save lives in the San Gorgonio Pass and beyond by providing new emergency medical transport services.
Officials from the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and Global Medical Response at the launch ceremony for the new Morongo air and ground ambulance program. (left to right) Morongo Fire Chief Jason Carrizosa, Morongo Chief Executive Officer Titu Asghar, Morongo Tribal Council Members Jeanette Burns, Mary Ann Andreas, and Teresa Sanchez, Morongo Tribal Chairman Charles Martin, and Samuel Flores, Donnie Wharton, Philip Forgione and Jeremey Shumaker of Global Medical Response. MORONGO INDIAN RESERVATION – The Morongo Band of Mission Indians gathered on March 31 with elected leaders and regional public safety officials to christen a new tribal ground ambulance and medical helicopter that will provide life-saving critical care and medical transport services on the Morongo Reservation, in communities across the San Gorgonio Pass and beyond.
The innovative partnership between Morongo and Global Medical Response companies, REACH Air Medical Services, and American Medical Response, is believed to be the nation’s first collaboration between a federally recognized tribe and an emergency medical service provider to provide both air and ground ambulances.
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