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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Just got this information from the BIA regarding Tribal/Reservation Damage

Most Indian reservations are out there in the midlands and are usually hit pretty rapidly with fires and fire related issues. Sometimes due to the isolation it's hard to get information but here's what they sent. I have a special place in my heart for all things Native, so it's important to know that there were some HUGE businesses affected. All over the news you hear about it being "mostly homes not businesses" affected, but here are some prime examples. I also have a good friend working with the Sycuan Fire Agency, and guess what he was out there fighting from the beginning.

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Barona Reservation
Members evacuated to the hotel/casino. Structure and homes lost. Unknown number at this time. No deaths or injuries reported.

La Jolla Reservation
Members evacuated off reservation. 20 homes and structures lost. Fire started in a home on the reservation and spread to other parts of the reservation and off reservation toward the Rincon Reservation. No reports of death or injuries.

Mesa Grande Reservation
Members evacuated off reservation to nearby Pala Reservation Hotel & Casino. Structure loss unknown. No reports of deaths or injuries.

Pala Reservation
Members evacuated to hotel/casino on reservation. Structure loss unknown. No reports of death or injuries. The tribe has offered the hotel and casino as an evacuation site to other tribes in the area.

Pauma Reservation
Members evacuated. Most went to the Pala Reservation hotel/casino. Structure loss unknown. No reports of death or injuries.

Rincon Reservation
Members evacuated to hotel/casino on reservation. 15 structures lost. 8 tribal members injured. No deaths reported. The fire is burning off reservation toward the San Pasqual Reservation.

San Pasqual Reservation
Members evacuated to various locations off reservation. Structure loss unknown. No reports of death or injuries

Santa Ysabel Reservation
Members evacuated to various locations off reservation. Structure loss unknown. No reports of death or injuries

Viejas Reservation
Evacuations unknown. Damage sustained- type unknown. Structure loss unknown. No reports of death or injury

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