The city of Tucson, Arizona, sits on America’s southern border, surrounded by the cactus-strewn landscapes of the Sonoran Desert. Its present-day creativity draws on its Native American and Mexican ...

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, whose federally recognized reservation overlooks Highland and San Bernardino, has ...

The name “San Manuel Band of Mission Indians” was given to the tribe in 1891, reflecting the period of U.S. colonization under the Spanish Mission ... and the Mojave Desert region — and ...

A name has power, San Bernardino tribal members say. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, whose federally recognized reservation overlooks Highland and San Bernardino, has formally changed its ...

On this day in 1738, Father Francisco Garcés was born. From 1768 to 1776, he explored the Spanish-controlled American west, ...