DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California:
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Description of Pictures: Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California
March 1, 2019 – January 2020
This exhibition exposes a land battle at the core of the conflict between Western expansion and Indigenous peoples. A one-square-mile tract in downtown Palm Springs, California, Section 14 forms the heart of the reservation belonging to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. As the city evolved from a desert outpost to a playground of the rich and famous, Section 14 became more desirable to developers. Between the 1940s and 1960s, competing interests vied for this valuable land. It became a battleground over issues of tribal sovereignty, land zoning, leasing, economics, and race.
Section 14: The Other Palm Springs was produced by the Agua Caliente Cultural Museum.
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AMIS14_190529_008.JPG: Section 14 is the square-mile section of land bordered by Sunrise Way, Indian Canyon Drive, Alejo Road, and Ramon Road. It forms the heart of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation and is where Sec he, the hot spring, is located.
AMIS14_190529_017.JPG: The Checkerboard:
Establishment of the Agua Caliente Reservation
AMIS14_190529_020.JPG: Railroad tracks washed out by a flash flood, 1942
AMIS14_190529_027.JPG: The Public Land Survey System
AMIS14_190529_035.JPG: Townships are divided into six-mile squares
AMIS14_190529_039.JPG: Townships are further divided into thirty-six one-mile squares called sections
AMIS14_190529_043.JPG: Section 14 contains Sec he, the hot mineral spring. It supplies water at approximately 105 degrees Fahrenheit
AMIS14_190529_047.JPG: Native American Reservations
An Indian reservation is an area of land reserved as a permanent tribal homeland under treaty or other agreement with the US government. The federal government holds title of the land in trust on behalf of the tribe or individual tribal members.
AMIS14_190529_051.JPG: Agua Caliente Reservation
The shaded sections make up the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation
AMIS14_190529_058.JPG: Life on Section 14
AMIS14_190529_073.JPG: Life on Section 14
AMIS14_190529_101.JPG: Leasing Restrictions on Indian Lands
AMIS14_190529_110.JPG: Life on Section 14
AMIS14_190529_121.JPG: Planning for Destruction
AMIS14_190529_127.JPG: The Fight for Control of Section 14
AMIS14_190529_131.JPG: The City's Plan for Section 14
AMIS14_190529_158.JPG: Discussing the Gruen master plan for Section 14, 1956
AMIS14_190529_164.JPG: Conservatorship and Guardianship Program
AMIS14_190529_168.JPG: Destruction of Section 14
AMIS14_190529_178.JPG: The clearing of Section 14 from the 1940s to the 1960s was economically and racially motivated.
AMIS14_190529_206.JPG: Investigations and Exposes into Section 14
AMIS14_190529_217.JPG: Dream homes, 1961
AMIS14_190529_224.JPG: After the Destruction
The dislocation of Section 14 residents left a legacy of pain and uncertainty.
Palm Spring, looking west, in 1956, with Dream Homes, Veterans Tract, Desert Highlands/Gateway, and Section 14 highlighted.
AMIS14_190529_231.JPG: The Splitting of the Community
Many Section 14 residents were forced to leave Palm Springs because there was no available low-income housing.
AMIS14_190529_235.JPG: An Apology
AMIS14_190529_239.JPG: The Resurrection of Section 14 and the Growth of the Tribal Economy
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