It is deeply disheartening to witness current council members disregard over twenty years of injustice. It is equally dismaying that they seek to erase the oral depositions recorded by several Ancestors of the Pechanga band’s people in 1915. BRING ALL our PEOPLE HOME.
We owe it to our shared Ancestry, including those we ADOPTED INTO THE TRIBE, to uphold the honor and dignity of ALL band members, from our predecessors to the present day.
The fact that Allotted Indians at Pechanga can be stripped of their voting rights, water rights, and their rightful share in casino profits is a travesty. It is a dishonor to our Ancestors and their federal and band recognition. Are they the same tribe that was federally recognized? We cannot remain silent in the face of such injustice.
Our Ancestors deserve the truth, and it is our duty to honor it, ALL OF US. Let us stand together in solidarity and fight against any faction that seeks to undermine our shared heritage and dishonor the legacy of our forebears.
The time has come to demand that our rights be respected and our voices heard. We will not rest until justice is served, and the truth prevails. Our ancestors DEMAND it.
READ: Mark Macarro's Legacy: Harming Indians, Lying to Congress and APARTHEID at Pechanga
The reason why the truth about Pechanga's disenrollment remains unchanged is that the tribe refuses to allow it to be openly discussed in an unbiased forum such as a court of law (The Pechanga General Council, THE PEOPLE) where both sides could present their case. Despite what Pechanga claims about courts, this has never happened.
If you think that our appeal, and that of the Manuela Miranda descendants were fair and unbiased, consider this: the people who ruled and voted against us during our disenrollment were also on the tribal council, and our appeal was heard by the same council. This is a clear conflict of interest and would never be allowed in any court of law or other impartial panel.
When we asked that those who ruled against us from the enrollment committee recuse themselves from participating in our appeal, it was met with ridicule and a refusal to step aside. Can we honestly say that we received a fair hearing? It is akin to asking a thief to sit on the jury of their own case.
This is just one example of the unfairness that the enrollment and tribal council engaged in. There are several by-laws that were not considered and were outright broken. Pechanga is clearly afraid of the truth and is unwilling to face the consequences of their actions. So much so, the Chairman Mark Macarro wanted a cease and desist order on the film You’re No Indian, showing this weekend in Temecula.
You can watch the trailer on You Tube. I’m too old to figure out how to link it on this IPad. You can easily find it at You Tube.
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Very sad.
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