Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
tribe of Serrano people in San Bernardino County, California
The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Serrano people in San Bernardino County, California.
They are made up of the Yuhaaviatam tribe of Serrano people, who have historically lived in the San Bernardino Mountains. The tribe was formerly named the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
The other federally recognized Serrano tribe is the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, located in San Bernardino County, California.
Government
The Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation is headquartered in Highland in San Bernardino County. The tribe is governed by a democratically elected, seven-person tribal council. Their current tribal chairperson is Lynn Valbuena.
Reservation
San Manuel Reservation is a federally recognized Indian reservation in San Bernardino County. Originally, it was 658 acres (266 ha) in size, but has expanded to 800 acres (320 ha). Established in 1891, the reservation was named for Santos Manuel, a prominent tribal leader.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation” as tribe of Serrano people in San Bernardino County, California. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as tribe of Serrano people in San Bernardino County, California. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7414787. Authority coordinates are 34.156, -117.218. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1891.
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