| La Jolla Reservation Ethnology-Language: Luiseņo Established: 1875 County: San Diego Acreage: 8,541 Population: 162 (tribal enrollment: 620) Location: Southern slopes of Mount Palomar, off State Highway 76, 25 miles east of Escondido, near the community of Valley Center and 60 miles northeast of San Diego. Unlike the rest of the region's dry brush landscape, La Jolla enjoys wooded, green lands that border the upper San Luis Rey River. The campground and water park provide the tribe with some economic base. The tribal complex includes a small mission with an Indian cemetery, recreation fields, Head Start and education center. Library: The library was established in 1989 under the Indian Library Services Project (ILSP) as coordinated by the San Diego County Library Outreach Services Division. The collection of approximately 2,500 volumes, includes notebooks containing notes of cultural and historical importance, and created by elder, Henry Rodriguez. La Jolla has made intermittent attempts to staff its library but is not currently staffed. Access is currently possible through Education Center staff. Plans are in place to apply for tribal library grants that might support staffing and collections for this promising little library. |
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