In disappointing news, we read that S. 1219, the Pechanga Water Rights Settlement Act has moved from committee. The bill is co-sponsored by Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, Senator's from California. We believe that no entity that participates in, supports, or otherwise partakes in human and/or civil rights violations should benefit from the public trust. And this bill, as written certainly gives Pechanga benefits that we seem to be excluded from.
The two Democrats, are supporting a tribe that practices Apartheid on their reservation. Additionally, there have been civil rights abuse at Pechanga It seems as though they talk one game, but practice another. Both Senator's staffers for Native American affairs have been schooled on the issues. There has been a change/substitution that remove the faulty definition of allottee from the bill. That bit of camouflage is like putting lipstick on a pig.
We will continue to push the House to not take up the bill, as NO allottee of the Hunter family has been contacted by the BIA, nor responded to requests. There should be NO water bill, with allottees of Temecula Indians, for whom the reservation was set aside, are included in the discussion.
STAY TUNED but be reminded that Regional Director Amy Dustschke wrote this during the FIRST attempt by Pechanga to steal our water:
The Department of the Interior recognizes that allottees have water rights on allotted lands and that the United States has a trust responsibility, independent of any responsibility to the Pechanga Band, to protect those interests.
The Department is currently reviewing the proposed settlement legislation and
its effect on allottees within the Reservation.
We are STILL waiting, Madam Director.
24 comments:
It's interesting that a corrupt faction in the Pechanga band wants water rights to be settled by the US Congress when the Actor they send "Macarro" can't explain honestly what disenrolling Allotted Indians is all about, unless greed is the Pechanga Indian voice they want to rxpose. Interesting that's ok.
Land, identities and now water? All that's left of basic and essential needs is food? Wait didn't we hear that they were cutting out food too? I wonder how much Boxer and Feinstein have been paid by the lobbyists and the tribes?? Over 80 tribes have violated the civil rights of 13000 individual American Indians. What's next?
Attention what would you say if these examples of Apartheid were happening to citizens living outside of an Indian community? What make apartheid acts ok in a Indian band? Sad day for all Indians, our people would never have allowed this. Say no until corrupt actors stop these acts.
Pechanga band had these acts forced on their ancestors before Pechanga reservation was created. Now it's ok that a corrupt faction in the band pushes the same acts on other members who don't agree with them? Sad Macorro says its ok. Even sadder members who don't agree with these acts say keep quite. Enough is enough. Don't settle until corrupt acts are fixed.
Pechanga Chairman Macarro is under fire for his failures. He will start swinging wildly soon.
Guess the remaining Masiels & Basquez's found their balls...
They could correct the mistakes the Indian way, or let the lies and apartheid acts say outside this is who we are. The sad part is Luiseno Indians faced corrupt acts forced by bullies when missions then greedy people wanted Temecula. Now you have corrupt actions poking inside to others within.
Mark. Macarro says if we had a corn field we would have done the same thing..... interesting he forgot we had an acorn field and apartheid acts within the band were never brought out. Take a language class, add a casino, and apartheid acts fly out of each and every greed loving wanna be. The band has been recognized for over 100 yrs. For the greedy corrupt to change the story is terrible.
Bands may not always agree, even within families, but to say Apartheid acts are ok is a misconception. If the Apartheid acts were being pushed on you, how would you be affected?
Apartheid acts? Like not getting to vote? Like not getting to use the playgrounds, the park, the restrooms, the water fountains?
That is APARTHEID.
You know that Feinstein won't help
any Tribe. Her husband and her are good friends with Howard Dickstien and Gov. Brown.In fact they all share the same office building on J street in Sac.,Ca.
Feinsteins husband is the one that is building most of the Casinos on Indian land.
this bill is illegal by what the senate said on their second hearing of this bill when they added the amendment. Washbern said the government had a responsibility tribe and the allottees that are not tribal members. taking out the Mark Macarro amendment or leaving it in should not affect allottees right and the governments responsibility to protect their rights so Washburn's statement of the governments responsibility to protect allottees right whether their tribal members or not also stands however the bill is written amendments or not. After this bill was past I know at lese ten people called the senate committee and we were referred to Tony Walters and to show how concern the senate in civil right I personally called for an hour on and off for an hour and a half I left my name phone number and said I was an disenrolled allottee from Pechanga and had concerns of my rights being violated by this bill. so far no callback to me or the other people so if any one is interested in call Mr. Tony Walter and asking him how he justifies not protecting Indian allottees right here is his number (202) 224-2251 you'll get the secretary and put you to his answering and don't forget to leave your number so he has an excuse to not call back and show the senates concern on allottees rights and the Indian senates responsibility to them.
This is just plain greed of senators and congress people with their hands out for lobbyist and contribution money with no regard for the criminal and civil violation of these tribes. When asked to look in to the matter they say its sovereignty and turn their backs on you. Lately I been hearing talk of violence some of this is killing. I don’t condone violence but if this starts and spreads these congress people and senators have a hand in it because they had knowledge of what is happening and ignored it and now are rewarding these corrupt tribal governments and this matter is not under sovereignty but now it sold away and protected under sovereignty. So if something happens I would like to thank Barbra Boxer, Darrel Issa, Ken Calvert and Paul Ramirez for contributing to oppress people in the US and causing a situation only to fill their pockets.
I'm sorry to be reading this this is a travesty on a governmental level. so read the bill and I have heard people like Ed Burbee talk of the money they will get. I don't know if the people of Pechanga are just ignorant or they just believe Mark Macarro but in the bill it states (No amount in the funds shall be distributed to an member of the band on a per capita basis)all I see is money going to government departments and not the people like any government
Allottees should be able to use THEIR shares of the water payments to build storage on their property in case the Pechanga Council looks to shut their water off.
Boxer and Feinstein support tribal terrorism (Thats dirty) .Go hang out with "shrimp boy".
How much water rights money is it? And what happened to the other people who own land that are not members???????
Make the phone call a.s.a.p to Tony Walters.
Mark allowed disenrolling of Allotted recognized family, and allows apartheid acts towards them and says it should be allowed. If it happened to him and his family he would not feel the same. No-one would like it no matter what.
Both families disenrolled should be allowed, same with all. Indian to Indian forever and always. No-one is more allowed than anyone, that's the truth.
I'M talking about the moratorium people who own a shit load of land?
The ones the terrorist group at pechanga does not want to enroll (all 400 of them)?
"all" means all!
Moritorium, enrolled, disenrolled.
"all" should call!
We all COULD call Anthony Walters and tell the Truth.
202-224-2251
has anyone called and if he answered what did he say.
You can still call, and read a 1987 book American Indians, Time, and the Law. Charles Wilkinson
Noone is more Indian today than anyone else. If enrolled always should stay enrolled. For a tribal faction pushing against other's criminal acts and lies and threaten to do the same to you if you try and stop it is a huge boulder against the bands sovereign shield. If it continue s it could effect "all".
It continued, then it got more drafted by adding apartheid acts to a Senate bill for "all" except federally recognized and non corrupt band members. That corrupt faction keeps going because they feel free to do it. Everyone who disagrees should make the Calls, write a letter, post opinions on blogs, keep the lying actors feeling bully acts.
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