Near the end of the last school year, staff at the Soboba Parks and Recreation Department began offering a chance for youths aged 10-17 a place to gather and enjoy fun activities.
This year’s United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc. conference was held in Minneapolis and 10 Soboba youth attended the five-day, youth-led event in July that attracted about 2,500 Native youth and advisors.
The Soboba Fire Explorer Program was launched in March after the Tribal Council indicated a desire for the fire department to provide opportunities to Tribal youth and approved the resources needed to start and support it.
The first day of school at the Soboba Tribal Preschool and Noli Indian School was Aug. 4. Donovan Post, who is director for the preschool and principal for the 6-12 grade school on the Soboba Indian Reservation, joined staff to welcome students back to the campuses.