tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post2277480281472390175..comments2024-03-28T06:01:57.947-04:00Comments on <center>Original Pechanga Blog</center>: Interior Approves Destruction of Natives with Amended Nooksack "1-800" Disenrollment ProceduresOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-2718749873123320022015-02-06T10:06:07.859-05:002015-02-06T10:06:07.859-05:00DISGUSTING AND SHAMEFUL!!!! this sounds eerily fam...DISGUSTING AND SHAMEFUL!!!! this sounds eerily familiar to the first disenrollments at picayune as well....picayune HAD NO enrollment ordinance, even though the tribe had reinstituted by 1988, until years later...i foia'd all controlling documents from the bia, and when finally received them (the bia tried valiantly to block my foia by placing a HUGE fee on my request, which i paid and then had to request senator dianne feinstein's assistance to have returned) many were missing the central california bia rep, mrs rogers-davis, told me picayune was not even required to submit documents as a non-ira tribe...the picayune constitution has NO clause for dismembering ANY tribal citizen, nor did the submitted enrollment ordinance...as with nooksack, tribal members up for disenrollment from picayune WERE denied distributions from the tribe from federal grant programs, i.e. education grants, and elders denied such things as their birthday stipends, even though they had not had "hearings", or the results of their hearings had not been decided and released...the picayune constitution does have a clause saying that the icra WILL be upheld...what a travesty these corrupt disenrolling tribes are engaged in, and an insult to our ancestors, elders and future generations!<br />for ALL nations...for ALL chukchansi peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-89017242207849892772015-02-06T04:56:38.171-05:002015-02-06T04:56:38.171-05:00There needs to be hearings before the Senate Commi...There needs to be hearings before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs! This is a disgrace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-66087953458864750032015-02-04T23:42:03.761-05:002015-02-04T23:42:03.761-05:00Unfortunately my assertions regarding the BIA and ...Unfortunately my assertions regarding the BIA and the DOI are gaining credibility. I said that the BIA will jump through hoops to protect disenrollment actions. They will seek any justification to support interpretations of tribal law that enable disenrollment. They never speak out against disenrollment, or question the integrity of the tribal leaders to whom they give deference.<br /><br />Will the Nooksook disenrollees test any of the strategies I have suggested here? Will they appeal this ruling on the basis that it is discriminatory, that it calls for an application of tribal law to a minority group of members and that they are entitled to equal protection under the law? <br /><br />Will they collect the evidence of problems with the enrollment eligibility of the tribal leaders and prove that they are just as qualified to be members as some that will remain enrolled? Will they demand that all members must undergo review if any are to be disenrolled? <br /><br />Will they compare this decision to other BIA/DOI decisions looking for inconsistency in the interpretation of tribal law, and thereby proving the arbitrary and capricious nature of the decision making?<br /><br />This is an opportunity I hope gets exploited. The attorneys for the Nooksack should not follow the same pattern of previous appeals. They should not look at this disenrollment as an isolated action governed only by the laws of the tribe. The BIA relies on that approach and can argue that their decisions are reasonable when the scope is narrow.<br /><br />Open the scope of review of their decisions to numerous disenrollments. Show that they are biased in favor of disenrollment. Show that the BIA explicitly chooses to enable tribal leaders to violate civil rights. Show that the tribal leaders are not entitled to deference by the deceitful and corrupt actions they use to eliminate tribal members using a standard that is not universally applied. Giving deference to tribal leaders who have unanswered allegations of corruption, dishonesty, violations of tribal law, or ongoing criminal investigations is an abuse of discretion.<br /><br />Make the DOI withdraw their decision unless all tribal members are subject to the same standard of eligibility. <br /><br />Advise all those who are to be disenrolled to phone in their appeal, state that reason why they dispute the disenrollment in specific terms, and to record the entire conversation with a reliable witness present who can sign a declaration that they observed the appeal and that the recording is reliable.<br /><br />I pray for your success.Reinstatement_Restitutionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930007890367591643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-60629122135801570362015-02-04T21:44:03.855-05:002015-02-04T21:44:03.855-05:001800 number? Lmao!...The department of interior ne...1800 number? Lmao!...The department of interior needs an Brain Enema.URBAN NATIVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14917293837571748850noreply@blogger.com