HomeMy WebLinkAbout24317 RESOLUTION NO. 24317
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.
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; and
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; and
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; and
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; and
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; and
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. 24317
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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 18th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2017.
DAVID H. READY, E8T, PH.D.
CITY MANAGER
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN D. HART, MMC
INTERIM CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, KATHLEEN D. HART, Interim City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby
certify that Resolution No. 24317 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
October 18, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Kors, Mills, Roberts, Mayor Pro Tem Foat, and
Mayor Moon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
RECUSED: None
KA HLEEN D. HART, MMC
INTERIM CITY CLERK