Captain Grande Indian Reservation

It was established in 1875. It was supposedly set aside for Kumeyaay and Diegueno people. Their Reservation covers 15,753 acres. Many Indians (160 in 1930) continued to live at their Reservation up to 1931. Early in 20th century, whites conspired to remove Indians from this Reservation in order to build reservoirs to send drinking water to nearby San Diego. Their first Reservoir built was Lake Cuyamaca. El Captain Reservoir was created in 1931 and that is what stole most of Captain Grande Reservations available land. El Captain Reservoir flooded a valley in their Reservations west, forcing Indians to leave their homes and sell their land flooded by El Captain Reservoir. Now, those historical events from around 1931, may give you an impression that Captain Grande Reservation was sold. Captain Grande Reservation is actually a part of a very large Reservation created on January 5 and January 7 of 1852. Investigate those two 1852 treaties. Their Reservation created in 1852 continues to be legitimate. Captain Grande Reservation today is uninhabited. Reservation leaders are not willing to exploit their land for some reason. There are several locations for villages yet they do nothing. After forced relocations, they now live at Barona and Viejas. However, they have money to spend and their Captain Grande Reservation has dirt roads which allows them to access their land. There's an ideal location for a village near Four Corners. Though American leaders stole their land or exchanged it, where El Captain Reservoir is, there is that location near Four Corners they were left with. There are several other ideal locations for villages as well. Even locations at over 3,000 feet above sea level. Ojibway Traditionalists must visit Captain Grande Reservation and have a chat with their leaders. A chatta, chatta, chatta, chat.