Monday, May 30, 2011

Should There Be a Boycott of Tribal Casinos of Tribes that Have Violated the Civil Rights Of their People?

BOYCOTT PECHANGA for CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

(posted in 2010, re-presented while OP is on Vacation)
There has been so much in the news of a California politician-led boycott of Arizona that we must bring it to their attention that the real civil rights violations have already happened here in CA and in other gaming tribes out of state. The much maligned Arizona law is not even in effect and it has been fixed so that the potential for civil rights violations of illegal immigrants is greatly reduced.


A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons

California Indian Tribes like: Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians (Temecula), Redding Rancheria (Redding) Picayune Rancheria (Coarsegold, near Fresno) and the Snoqualmie Tribe in Washington state are just a few of the tribes that do not deserve your patronage.

Here is what the gaming tribes mentioned, as well as others told within this blog or at tribalcorruption.com have done to members of their tribes:

•Stripped tribal members of their citizenship
•Denied voting rights to members
•Taken away rightful healthcare to seniors
•Blocked access to land on the reservation
•Denied members due process of law, including legal representation, even writing tools.
•Prohibition of practicing religion, including the right to pray at their ancestor's graves.
•Threatened others if they speak out
•Subjected some to ex post facto laws.
FORCED a family to exhume the bodys of ancestors to prove lineage, then ignored the findings

Many will say that "well, they are sovereign nations, they can do what they want". Of course they are, and Arizona is a sovereign state that passed its laws through the democratic process too. Remember, South Africa was a sovereign nation too, they had the right to pronounce Apartheid as a policy. But in the tribe's case, many or most have acted OUTSIDE their own constitutions. Just as the boycott of South Africa worked to eliminate apartheid, so can boycotts work to show these casino tribes that "violations of civil rights don't pay".

Important in a boycott is to let the tribes know you will no longer patronized their business, until they do the right thing and restore rightful membership to those they took it from and to halt all moratoriums. They only understand the loss of income and you should make it clear that you would come if they we no longer in violation, but until then, you won't. There are many things to do, including : Telling your friends and family to join you, No anniversary dinners, No Class reunions at the offending locations. Quite a few letters saying you "went to Vegas instead' would have an effect.

Many have said, "why should we care? It's just a small tribe". These money making tribes are using money stolen from tribal members to influence politicians. And tribes like Pechanga tried to keep Californians from exercising their RIGHT TO VOTE on their expanded gaming propositions, with the Feds help. And to put it in perspective, the sovereign nation of the Picayune Rancheria eliminated almost 50% of the tribe. That's equal to eliminating 16 MILLION in California's population. Pechanga eliminated the equivalent of 8 million citizens in order to increase per capita payments and to control votes.

They deserve your scorn, they don't deserve your patronage and a boycott might just open their eyes, especially if you keep their wallets from fattening.

BOYCOTT: Pechanga, Picayune Rancheria, Redding Rancheria, Snoqualmie, Table Mountain Rancheria, San Pascual Reservation, Cherokee Nations Casino, Mooretown Rancheria, Guidiville Rancheria, Oneida Nation, Robinson Rancheria, Enterprise Rancheria

1 comment:

smokeybear said...

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE TRIBES LISTED ABOVE ARE ONLY A TIP OF THE ICEBERG. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF TRIBES, THROUGHOUT THE NATION, THAT HAVE ALSO HAD "HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS" WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERSHIPS. WITH THE TRIBES LISTED ABOVE HAVING SUCH A BLATANT DISREGARD FOR THEIR CONSTITUTION AND BY LAWS, THEY HAVE THRUST THEMSELVES INTO THE LIMELIGHT FOR ALL TO SEE. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS THROUGHOUT INDIAN COUNTRY THAT NEED TO COME FOREWORD AND TELL THEIR STORY. THAT'S WHY THIS "PROTEST/RALLY" IS SO "IMPORTANT" TO ALL "NATIVE AMERICANS" TO MAKE THIS ONE DAY. JUNE 2, AT PECHANGA CASINO, FOR THE TRIBAL LEADERS CONFERENCE, THE DAY YOU HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE BACK WHAT HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM YOU. "NATIVE AMERICANS" HAVE RIGHTS UNDER TRIBAL LAW, AND DISENROLLMENTS, BANISHMENTS,AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOATIONS AREN'T ONE OF THEM. SINCE THIS A NATIONWIDE FIGHT, AND SO SHORT NOTICE, AND I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT THE MOMENTUM IS SO GREAT THAT SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, SOMEONE FROM EVERY TRIBE, NEEDS TO BE AT THE PROTEST/RALLY. THIS VILE CANCER OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND BY SHEAR NUMBERS, THESE DECEITFUL, CORRUPT AND GREEDY TRIBAL LEADERS HAVE TO BE SHOWN THAT WE ARE NO LONGER "SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER," AND WE ARE HERE TO CLAIM WHAT HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY TAKEN FROM US ALL, "OUR BIRTHRIGHT." FOR EVERYONE, IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE, THAT READS THIS POST THAT THINKS "HUMAN RIGHTS VIOATIONS" ARE A VILE CANCER AGAIST "MANKIND," YOU ARE ALSO INVITED TO THIS "PROTEST/RALLY." COME ONE, COME ALL. THIS WILL BE DAY OF THE REST OF OUR LIVES, AND WE ARE THROUGH STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, FOR WE CAN PROVE "WHO WE ARE."