Sycuan Tribal Chairman Danny Tucker

Passages: Danny Tucker, Sycuan Tribal leader, 73

By Karen Pearlman, with additional reporting by Miriam Raftery

Oct. 26, 2025 (East County) --  One of the original champions for First Nation independence through gaming on Native American reservations in California, Daniel  "Danny"  Tucker, longtime leader and tribal member of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, has passed away.

Tucker, born Feb. 5, 1952 at Mercy Hospital, died Friday, Oct. 24 due to complications from diabetes, at the home he shared with his wife, Lori, in El Cajon.


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BARONA TRIBAL CHAIRMAN TAKES ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE!

 

San Diego County Tribe Donates $10,000 to ALS Association

September 5, 2014 (Lakeside) – The Barona Band of Mission Indians is proud to join the worldwide effort to raise donations and awareness for the ALS Association through the Ice Bucket Challenge. Barona Tribal Chairman Clifford LaChappa proudly accepted the challenge from Sycuan Tribal Chairman Danny Tucker.


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