BARONA MUSEUM

Today, Barona hosts one of the largest, most impressive casinos in California. The Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino opened in 2002 with a world-class golf courses, hotel, convention and events centers. More importantly, the Casino has become the means of restoring self-worth, prosperity, and renewed hope for the Barona Band of Mission Indians, having attained an unprecedented level of economic self-sufficiency. The Casino employs over 3,500 people and has eliminated unemployment on the reservation, a rate as high as seventy percent. Since the onset of gaming, the Barona Tribe has been able to eliminate all dependence on government welfare. The despair of unending poverty is replaced with a future of unlimited potential... As San Diego County's first museum on an Indian reservation dedicated to the perpetuation and presentation of the local Kumeyaay-Diegueño Native culture, the Barona Museum offers a unique educational journey for visitors of all ages... In the spring of 2021..

Primary location: Lakeside United States