Shasta Gaughen, the tribe's assistant cultural director and an anthropologist at Cal State San Marcos, described Takwish as keeping "the balance between life and death" in an article she wrote for Indian Voices prior to 2016.Īdditionally, Medicine Rock, a sacred spot with ancient pictographs used for rituals and healing, is also located at the base of Chokla The Luiseno Indians also used Chokla as a sacred place for centuries prior, describing it as one of the resting places of the powerful spirit Takwish. government forcibly moved the Cupeno from their ancestral home near what is now Warner Springs in remote northeastern San Diego County to the reservation which already held Luiseno peoples not far south of Temecula.Īccording to the tribe's own history, the 40-mile journey from the place they called "Cupa" to Pala took three days. The Pala Band - made up of descendants from both Cupeno and Luiseno peoples - have used Chokla as a place to pray and fast since at least 1903, when the U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() NBC 7 and T20 to celebrate Veterans Day with Salute to Service festival and parade in San Diego
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