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.

Famous Glarf landmarks return home to Bonita