tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post6259609492490638874..comments2024-03-28T06:01:57.947-04:00Comments on <center>Original Pechanga Blog</center>: What the Bureau of Indian Affairs IGNORES in failing to Protect Native Americans From their OWN TRIBEOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-52357859952157971502013-12-23T16:16:15.322-05:002013-12-23T16:16:15.322-05:00Not only did they have them subject to an DNA test...Not only did they have them subject to an DNA test the test was done on a family elder that died. They exhumed her body talk about sacrilege and no respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-13537536296198012062013-12-22T02:51:10.492-05:002013-12-22T02:51:10.492-05:00I believe the Redding Rancheria told the disenroll...I believe the Redding Rancheria told the disenrolled they needed a D.N.A. test done. when the results came back in their favor they thru out the D.N.A. test. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-69233766402113884482013-12-22T02:36:51.728-05:002013-12-22T02:36:51.728-05:00I'm not an Indian, and this situation seems ve...I'm not an Indian, and this situation seems very sad.<br /><br />Has anyone looked into the newer DNA tests that estimate the percentage of ones ethnic heritage?<br /><br />The tests may not be good enough to pinpoint the precise tribes of ones ancestry. But for the purposes of this controversy, it's not as important that one be able to estimate Chukchansi heritage as that one be able to estimate the percentage of any Indian heritage, as long as someone can only claim membership in one tribe. <br /><br />If those currently in control of your tribe's governance are willing to go on record regarding what percentage of Indian heritage one must have to claim membership in an Indian tribe, and if they would then submit to DNA tests themselves to show they have at least that percentage of Indian DNA -- well, people get a lot of surprises on those tests, and I suspect they would want to set the percentage fairly low for fear they would find they don't qualify as Indian themselves if they set the rule too strict. Once the standard was defined, the disenrolled members could challenge their exclusion based on the same DNA tests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-65842580252159932612013-12-20T18:26:05.471-05:002013-12-20T18:26:05.471-05:00Fletcher also changed I.B.D. cards. this is also i...Fletcher also changed I.B.D. cards. this is also illegal but the B.I.A. doesn't do anything even if its in own department that is part of congress. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-86719097469667747822013-12-20T17:01:35.889-05:002013-12-20T17:01:35.889-05:00During our time of disenrollment the tribes inside...During our time of disenrollment the tribes inside man with the BIA was Fletcher White Buffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418439711300071894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-1430747258508078732013-12-20T14:06:15.877-05:002013-12-20T14:06:15.877-05:00As in our case, the head of the main BIA office wa...As in our case, the head of the main BIA office was an enrolled member of the very same Tribe that was trying to disenroll us. Do you think he worked very hard for our case? I don't think so, he refused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-36950967213020480942013-12-20T11:05:12.946-05:002013-12-20T11:05:12.946-05:00Didn't the recent court case with the Miwok tr...Didn't the recent court case with the Miwok tribe say that the BIA has a responsibility to ALL Native Americans who could lose their federal recognition at the hands of corrupt tribes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-3274406289289679002013-12-19T21:59:20.899-05:002013-12-19T21:59:20.899-05:00Washburn nor the BIA will interfere with any triba...Washburn nor the BIA will interfere with any tribal problems no matter how illegal they are. Even when the leaders of said tribes break their own laws. The BIA is just record keepers a useless government agency. Budget cuts anyone? Washburn told us in his letter it is a tribes sovereign right to make bad decision's even the wrong decisions but it is their sovereign right. He is right about that...problem is the tribe isn't making these decisions one person in charge is, who can because he knows there is nobody above him to answer to. When will the BIA realize these rouge tribal leaders are not the tribe and dont speak for the tribe only themselves and own agenda. STOP CALLING CORRUPT TRIBAL LEADERS THE TRIBE!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-7207169462971827052013-12-18T18:03:36.886-05:002013-12-18T18:03:36.886-05:00Didn't Washburn state at a senate Indian Affai...Didn't Washburn state at a senate Indian Affair hearing in front of senator Cantwell that the B.I.A. has a responsibility not only to the bigger tribes but to the little ones that don't have the juice to go to D.C. and have lobbyist. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-1994194065978947082013-12-18T15:23:29.331-05:002013-12-18T15:23:29.331-05:00I like native american indiansI like native american indiansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com