DID YOU KNOW THAT ?

On This Day: In 1852 the United States signed a treaty with the San Luis Rey Band of Luiseño (Payomkowishum) that guaranteed them land and rights in their traditional homelands near present-day Los Angeles and San Diego, California. However..., shortly after, the U.S. secretly rejected the treaty (along with 17 other treaties signed with Native peoples of California), and forcibly removed the Luiseño to a temporary reservation. A reservation in the San Luis Rey valley was denied the San Luis Rey Band since many homesteaders believed the coastal land was valuable for farming and ranching and wanted the land for themselves. To this day the U.S. government continues to deny the San Luis Rey Band federal recognition despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, and despite the fact that they had originally signed a treaty with them.