San Diego Indian Reservation

Barona Tribe Helps Los Angeles Charter School System Reach Out to Gang-Affected Communities With $35,000 Grant

Soledad Enrichment Action (SEA) Charter School will soon be able to put laptops in the hands of its students thanks to $35,000 in Barona Education Grants. Today, the Barona Band of Mission Indians presented seven $5,000 grants to the charter system, which gives children in gang-affected communities throughout Los Angeles, Long Beach and Pomona a [...]

Myrtle Finney Elementary to Add to After-Hours Computer Lab With $5,000 Grant From Barona Band of Mission Indians

Myrtle Finney Elementary School will expand its educational reach to the Chula Vista community with the help of a $5,000 education grant from the Barona Band of Mission Indians. Today, students and staff were joined by State Senator Juan Vargas and Principal Olivia Amador-Valerio to accept the grant from Chairman Edwin “Thorpe” of the Barona Band of [...]

High Tech Middle School Adds to Theater, Physics Studies With Help From Barona Band of Mission Indians

High Tech Middle School will use a $5,000 education grant from the Barona Band of Mission Indians to combine the study of light with the world of theater. Today, the Barona Tribe awarded the grant to school officials, who will use the money to purchase theater equipment to enhance the school’s drama program while giving [...]

Chaparral High School to Use $5,000 Barona Education Grant to Bring Technology to Disadvantaged Students

Chaparral High School will soon be able to give students better access to technology thanks to a grant from the Barona Band of Mission Indians. Today, the Tribe presented a $5,000 education grant to the staff and students of Chaparral High School that will allow the campus to add to its technology curriculum. State Senator [...]

Barona Band of Mission Indians Commemorates 80th Anniversary of the Beginning of the Barona Mission

The Barona Band of Mission Indians recently celebrated the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the historic Catholic Mission, a small stucco church on the reservation that was designed by renowned San Diego architect Irving J. Gill in the 1930s. The celebration, which was attended by Tribal elders, Tribal members, parishioners and community residents, coincided [...]

Barona Tribe Awards a $5,000 Education Grant to Paradise Hills Elementary School to Benefit Special Education Students

The Barona Band of Mission Indians, California’s Education Tribe, today awarded Paradise Hills Elementary School with a $5,000 education grant during a school ceremony attended by staff and students. Principal Marisol Marin accepted the award on behalf of the school from Chairman Edwin “Thorpe” Romero of the Barona Band of Mission Indians. School administrators will [...]

New Exhibition Showcases Musical Traditions and Talents on the Barona Indian Reservation

On November 19, the Barona Cultural Center & Museum will open “Rock of Ages: Contemporary Music Traditions on the Barona Reservation” — an exhibition that will showcase today’s native culture of singer-songwriters, rock bands, country-western players and other popular music, reservation-style. “Music and musicians tell great stories through song and memories,” said Cheryl Hinton, director [...]

Barona Band of Mission Indians Awards $5,000 Grant to Pacific Beach Elementary School

Students and staff at Pacific Beach Elementary School were recently awarded a $5,000 education grant by the Barona Band of Mission Indians on Monday, November 14. Assemblywoman Toni Atkins joined Principal Sherry Turner to accept the grant presented to the school by Edwin “Thorpe” Romero, chairman of the Barona Band of Mission Indians. The grant [...]

Rio Seco Elementary School Awarded $5,000 Education Grant From Barona Tribe to Buy Books and Enhance Technology

Staff and students at Rio Seco Elementary School received a $5,000 education grant today from the Barona Band of Mission Indians. Senator Joel Anderson and Principal Lisa McColl accompanied staff, students, faculty and administration of Rio Seco Elementary to accept the grant presented by Chairman Edwin “Thorpe” Romero of the Barona Band of Mission Indians. [...]

Escondido High School Awarded $5,000 Education Grant From Barona Tribe to Purchase New Computers

Today, staff and students of Orange Glen High School received a $5,000 education grant from the Barona Band of Mission Indians. Assemblyman Martin Garrick joined Orange Glen Principal Tom Allison, students, faculty and administrators in accepting the grant presented by Edwin “Thorpe” Romero, chairman of the Barona Band of Mission Indians. Funds from the education [...]

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