San Fernando Band of Mission Indians - California (U.S.)

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Last modified: 2020-03-28 by rick wyatt
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image located by Valentin Poposki, 24 February 2020

• The band
• The flag
• Black flag
• Former flag

See also:

• Index to North American Native Bands and Nations
• California
• United States of America

The Band

The San Fernando Band of Mission Indians is unrecognized tribe in California.

"In 1962 with the assistance of the California Indian Rights Association, the tribe’s then 78 members formally organized themselves as the “San Fernando Mission Band” under an elected “president.” All current tribal members are descendants of those listed on the 1933 roll, and they are either the same individuals or descended from those members who organized themselves in 1962. The tribe’s current government is based on a constitution and by-laws adopted in 1998. The San Fernando Band of Mission Indians is one of two tribal organizations whose ancestors once lived at Mission San Fernando. The other organization primarily represents families who remained in the San Fernando Valley, whereas the SFBMI represents the majority of those descendants whose families had moved to the upper Santa Clara River Valley and is the descendant organization of those who adopted a constitution and bylaws in 1962. Despite their continuity of occupancy in their tribal territory, cohesiveness as a community, and de facto acknowledgement by Federal and State authorities, the San Fernando Band of Mission Indians does not possess formal tribal recognition by the United States. " https://sfbmi.org/
Valentin Poposki, 24 February 2020

The Flag

The flag features a seal on a white field.
Valentin Poposki, 24 February 2020

Seal

image by Valentin Poposki, 24 February 2020