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DATE: July 18, 2018 CONSENT CALENDAR
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND PROCLAIMING THE FOURTH
FRIDAY OF SEPTEMBER TO BE NATIVE AMERICAN DAY IN THE CITY
OF PALM SPRINGS
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: Office of the City Clerk
SUMMARY
This is consideration of a Resolution recognizing and proclaiming the fourth Friday of
September (September 28, 2018) as Native American Day in the City of Palm Springs.
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, RECOGNIZING AND PROCLAIMING ANNUALLY THE
4T" FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER TO BE NATIVE AMERICAN DAY IN THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS."
BACKGROUND:
On September 21, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 24099 recognizing and
proclaiming the 41h Friday in September to be Native American Day in the City of Palm
Springs, for the first time.
If adopted, this resolution will recognize the 3rd Annual Native American Day in the City of
Palm Springs and recognizes the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians for its history,
culture, and forward-thinking government.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact as a result of adopting this resolution.
�_Ahtholhy J. Mejia David H. Ready, Esq.,
City C City Manager
Attachment:
1. Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, RECOGNIZING AND
PROCLAIMING ANNUALLY THE 4TH FRIDAY IN
SEPTEMBER TO BE NATIVE AMERICAN DAY IN THE CITY
OF PALM SPRINGS.
WHEREAS, as the first people to live on the land we cherish as Palm Springs, the
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians deeply shaped our city's character and cultural
heritage. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has called the Palm Springs area
home since time immemorial. Today, the Tribe is steward to more than 31,500 acres of
Reservation land including a protected bighorn sheep habitat. The Agua Caliente Indian
Reservation, established in 1876 and expanded in 1877, crosses over city and county
jurisdictions including the City of Palm Springs, the City of Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City
and areas of unincorporated Riverside County;
WHEREAS, today, we celebrate and honor the many ways the Agua Caliente
Band of Cahuilla Indians has enriched our city, and we renew our commitment to
respecting the Tribe's identity while ensuring an enduring government-to-government
relationship;
WHEREAS, on July 26, 1977, the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the
City of Palm Springs entered into a historic land-use agreement between a Federally
recognized Indian Tribe and a municipality that recognizes the Tribe's sovereign land-use
authority over its lands and provides for the City to act as the Tribe's agent for land-use
processing and permitting of trust lands;
WHEREAS, the city administration acknowledges that the Tribe is a sovereign
nation within a nation, and we are proud to share City and Reservation boundaries that
overlap each other as part of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation's checker-board
nature;
WHEREAS, in 1968, California Gov. Ronald Reagan signed a resolution calling
for a holiday called "American Indian Day," to be held the fourth Friday in September.
Later, in 1998, the California Assembly passed AB1953, which made Native American
Day an official state holiday, and since September 25, 2014, California has recognized
the 4th Friday in September as a state holiday known as Native American Day. The
purpose of this holiday is to educate California residents and visitors about tribal cultures,
history and heritage of our state's tribes;
WHEREAS, as we celebrate California's Native American Day annually on the 4th
Friday in September, we also celebrate and recognize the contributions of the Agua
Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians to the City of Palm Springs.
Resolution No.
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NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND
APPROVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the City of Palm Springs recognize the Agua Caliente Band of
Cahuilla Indians for its history, culture and forward-thinking government and annually
proclaim the 4th Friday in September as Native American Day in Palm Springs.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS DAY OF , 2018.
David H. Ready, Esq., Ph.D.
City Manager
ATTEST:
Anthony J. Mejia, MMC
City Clerk
I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on 2018, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Springs, California, this day of
Anthony J. Mejia, MMC
City Clerk