Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

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Cahuilla tribe Native American tribe federally recognized tribe

The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized Cahuilla tribe based in Riverside County, California, known for its role in the development of tribal gaming and economic enterprises.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians canonical	5
Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians	1
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Tribal Council	1
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians of the Cabazon Reservation	1
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians tribal government	1
Cabazon, a Cahuilla leader	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2268746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Context triple: [Morongo Band of Mission Indians, hasNeighboringTribe, Cabazon Band of Mission Indians]

A. San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Serrano people based in Southern California, known for its cultural preservation efforts and significant economic enterprises, including gaming and philanthropy.
B. Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians
The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Luiseño people based in Southern California, known for its reservation near San Jacinto and its efforts to preserve Luiseño culture and traditions.
C. Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Luiseño people based in Southern California, known for its sovereign governance, cultural preservation efforts, and operation of the Pechanga Resort Casino.
D. Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians
The Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Luiseño people based in Southern California, known for its sovereign governance, cultural preservation, and economic enterprises including gaming.
E. Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Cahuilla people based in Southern California, known for preserving their traditional culture, language, and desert homelands.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Target entity description: The Cabazon Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized Cahuilla tribe based in Riverside County, California, known for its role in the development of tribal gaming and economic enterprises.

A. San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Serrano people based in Southern California, known for its cultural preservation efforts and significant economic enterprises, including gaming and philanthropy.
B. Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians
The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Luiseño people based in Southern California, known for its reservation near San Jacinto and its efforts to preserve Luiseño culture and traditions.
C. Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
The Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Luiseño people based in Southern California, known for its sovereign governance, cultural preservation efforts, and operation of the Pechanga Resort Casino.
D. Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians
The Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Luiseño people based in Southern California, known for its sovereign governance, cultural preservation, and economic enterprises including gaming.
E. Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Cahuilla people based in Southern California, known for preserving their traditional culture, language, and desert homelands.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cahuilla tribe ⓘ Native American tribe ⓘ federally recognized tribe ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
culturalRegion	Great Basin-California borderlands ⓘ linked to: Great Basin–Mojave transition zone
engagesIn	community development programs ⓘ cultural preservation ⓘ language revitalization efforts ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Cahuilla ⓘ linked to: Cahuilla people
federallyRecognizedSince	20th century ⓘ
governedBy	tribal constitution ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage	Cahuilla traditions ⓘ
hasEconomicBase	gaming ⓘ hospitality industry ⓘ retail enterprises ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	over Cabazon Indian Reservation lands ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Cabazon Band of Mission Indians of the Cabazon Reservation ⓘ linked to: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
hasPrimaryCounty	Riverside County ⓘ
hasPrimaryState	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
hasRight	self-government ⓘ to operate gaming enterprises under federal law ⓘ
hasSettlementType	reservation ⓘ
hasSovereignty	limited tribal sovereignty under U.S. law ⓘ
hasTribalGovernment	Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Tribal Council ⓘ linked to: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
knownFor	economic development ⓘ legal precedent in Indian gaming law ⓘ tribal gaming ⓘ
languageTraditionallySpoken	Cahuilla language ⓘ
legalStatus	domestic dependent nation under U.S. law ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States Riverside County, California ⓘ linked to: Riverside County
operates	hospitality businesses ⓘ other economic enterprises ⓘ tribal gaming enterprises ⓘ
partOf	Mission Indians of California ⓘ linked to: Mission Indians
people	Cahuilla people ⓘ
playsRoleIn	affirmation of tribal sovereignty over economic activities ⓘ development of Indian gaming industry in the United States ⓘ
populationStatus	small tribal population ⓘ
recognizedAs	one of the Mission Indian tribes of Southern California ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
region	Southern California ⓘ
reservationName	Cabazon Indian Reservation ⓘ
stateRecognizedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States
subjectTo	certain state laws as limited by federal law ⓘ federal Indian law ⓘ
tribalAffiliation	Cahuilla Nation ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morongo Band of Mission Indians → hasNeighboringTribe → Cabazon Band of Mission Indians ⓘ

Cabazon, California → namedFor → Cabazon, a Cahuilla leader ⓘ

linked to: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians → hasTribalGovernment → Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Tribal Council ⓘ

linked to: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians → hasOfficialName → Cabazon Band of Mission Indians of the Cabazon Reservation ⓘ

linked to: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

Torres-Martinez Band of Desert Cahuilla Indians → neighboringTribe → Cabazon Band of Cahuilla Indians ⓘ

linked to: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians → hasRespondent → Cabazon Band of Mission Indians ⓘ

subject linked to: California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians (1987)

Cabazon Indian Reservation → partOf → Cabazon Band of Mission Indians ⓘ

Cabazon Indian Reservation → governingTribe → Cabazon Band of Mission Indians ⓘ

Cabazon Indian Reservation → ethnicGroup → Cabazon Band of Mission Indians ⓘ

Cabazon Indian Reservation → hasJurisdiction → Cabazon Band of Mission Indians tribal government ⓘ

linked to: Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

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