Editing Tongva (section)

=== History of organizations and casino dispute ===
In 1990, the Gabrielino/Tongva of San Gabriel filed for federal recognition. Other Gabrieleño groups have done the same. The Gabrielino/Tongva of California Tribal Council and the Coastal Gabrielino-Diegueno Band of Mission Indians filed federal petitions in 1997. These applications for federal recognition remain pending.

The San Gabriel group gained acknowledgement of its nonprofit status by the state of California in 1994. In 2001, the San Gabriel council divided over concessions given to the developers of [[Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California|Playa Vista]] and a proposal to build an Indian casino in [[Compton, California]]. A Santa Monica faction formed that advocated gaming for the tribe, which the San Gabriel faction opposed.

The San Gabriel council and Santa Monica faction sued each other over allegations that the San Gabriel faction expelled some members in order to increase gaming shares for other members. There were allegations that the Santa Monica faction stole tribal records in order to support its case for federal recognition.<ref>Christine Pelisek, [http://www.laweekly.com/2004-04-08/news/casino-nation/ "Casino Nation – Indians and tribal war over a club in Compton"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404040514/http://www.laweekly.com/2004-04-08/news/casino-nation/ |date=2011-04-04 }}, ''[[LA Weekly]],'' 8 April 2004.</ref>

In September 2006, the Santa Monica faction divided into the "slash" and "hyphen" groups: the Gabrielino/Tongva Tribe and Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe.<ref name="Brook2013">{{cite book|first=Vincent|last=Brook|title=Land of Smoke and Mirrors: A Cultural History of Los Angeles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zpnOaFgMTa8C&pg=PA57|date= 2013|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-5458-7|pages=57–58|access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230164823/https://books.google.com/books?id=zpnOaFgMTa8C&pg=PA57|archive-date=December 30, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Tribal secretary Sam Dunlap and tribal attorney Jonathan Stein confronted each other over various alleged fiscal improprieties and derogatory comments made to each other.<ref name="CapitolWeekly2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1350|title='Capitol Weekly'|access-date=5 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512135707/http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1350|archive-date=12 May 2009}}</ref><ref name="Loewe2016147">{{cite book|first=Ronald|last=Loewe|title=Of Sacred Lands and Strip Malls: The Battle for Puvungna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xIrpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|year=2016|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-7591-2162-1|page=147|access-date=June 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224045054/https://books.google.com/books?id=xIrpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA147|archive-date=December 24, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Since that time, the slash group has hired former state senator [[Richard Polanco]] as its chief executive officer. The hyphen group has allied with Stein and issued warrants for the arrest of Polanco and members of the slash group.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1476|title=''Capitol Weekly''<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=5 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508154034/http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=1476|archive-date=8 May 2009}}</ref>

Stein's group (hyphen), the Gabrielino-Tongva Tribe, is based in Santa Monica. It has proposed a casino to be built in [[Garden Grove, California]], approximately two miles south of [[Disneyland]].<ref>[http://www.ocregister.com/news/stein-tribe-casino-1823176-city-garden News: "Lawyer drives casino plan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011161425/http://www.ocregister.com/news/stein-tribe-casino-1823176-city-garden |date=2007-10-11 }}, ''Orange County Register''</ref> In September 2007, the [[city council]] of Garden Grove unanimously rejected the casino proposal, instead choosing to build a water park on the land.<ref>[http://www.ocregister.com/news/casino-city-council-1843828-members-mcwhinney News: "Garden Grove City Council votes down casino proposal"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124204233/http://www.ocregister.com/news/casino-city-council-1843828-members-mcwhinney |date=2007-11-24 }}, ''Orange County Register''</ref>