Founded in 1932, the reservation covers 5,181 acres (20.97 km 2). It takes its name from the Mexican land grant Cañada de San Vicente y Mesa del Padre Barona, named in turn after Padre José Barona, a friar at Mission San Diego de Alcalá from 1798 until he transferred to Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1811. The Barona Reservation ( 32★7′19″N 116★0′39″W / 32.95528°N 116.84417°W / 32.95528 -116.84417) is a federal Indian reservation located in San Diego County, California, near Lakeside and the Cleveland National Forest. It is undeveloped but serves as an ecological preserve. The two tribes jointly control this reservation. The El Capitan Reservoir, forcibly purchased from the two tribes to provide water for San Diego, submerged what habitable land existed on the reservation.
In 1875, the tribe along with the Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians, controls the Capitan Grande Reservation, which consisted of barren, uninhabitable mountain lands. Reservations Location of Barona Reservation The Barona Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians of the Barona Reservation is a federally recognized tribe of Kumeyaay Indians, who are sometimes known as Mission Indians.
