Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Conclude Annual Tribal Government Election; Tribe Re-elects Three Council Members.Business Editors & Government Writers PALM SPRINGS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 The Tribal Election Board of the Agua Caliente Agua Caliente (also: Aguas Calientes, Aguascalientes, etc.) means "hot springs" in Spanish. The term has several uses: Place names:
A Tribal Council elections. Agua Caliente tribal members re-elected Richard M. Milanovich to serve a new two-year term as Chairman of the Tribal Council, and Candace Pate and Virginia Siva to serve new one-year terms as Members of the Tribal Council. The three re-elected Tribal leaders were officially sworn in on April 4, 2000, to begin their new terms See suggestions for new terms. on the Tribal Council. This Tribal election culminates a historic year for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians which included the successful compact negotiations with the State of California, the passage of Proposition 1A and the formal initiation of plans to build the Tribe's second casino near Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Mirage. "I am grateful for the continued support of the membership," said Milanovich, who will begin his 17th year as Chairman of the Agua Caliente Tribal Council. "I look forward to advancing our work on behalf of the Tribe tribe [Lat., tribus: the tripartite division of Romans into Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans], a social group bound by common ancestry and ties of consanguinity and affinity; a common language and territory; and characterized by a political and economic to expand our economic base," said Pate, who has been on the Tribal Council for the last four years. "I appreciate the membership's confidence in our leadership that they expressed in the results of this election," said Siva, who has also served four years on the Tribal Council. |
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