"You Can't Eat Dirt"

Tribal leader Vyola Ortner and the transformation of Section 14

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Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Council, circa 1957: LaVerne SAubel, Elizabeth Monk, Gloria Gillette, Vyola Olinger Ortner and Eileen Miguel.

Courtesy Palm Springs Historical Society