tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post1303849209906097180..comments2024-03-27T06:30:49.815-04:00Comments on <center>Original Pechanga Blog</center>: The Right of Tribal Sovereignty Allows Abuse of Indians, But Sovereign ABUSE is NOT RIGHTOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-23523170470457958132017-03-10T21:04:19.677-05:002017-03-10T21:04:19.677-05:00If a Band has custom and tradition, follows it and...If a Band has custom and tradition, follows it and honors ALL members rights. A band is honored by the Feds during reservation creation, and speaks to elders if they need guidance of the Band in making decisions. Tribal elders may not speak English and custom and tradition has to be translated and members are recognized by Luiseno elders only. ALL this documentation is in certified documents held in trust by the Federal government. Why would some current members ignore custom and tradition, recorded documents with ALL the truth be ignored and entire clans be herded out of the band who belonged over 100 yrs? Why would others be allowed to have more rights than ALL members? Why would the band be told committees have more rights to determine membership even after a individual is adopted by the Band not the committees? Why is the band told to hold a vote on and issue and then the council ignores the bands vote and goes against the bands voted decision? Our rights need to be brought back, and the band needs to follow our Ancestors paper trail in determining membership. That's why we were ALL members in the first place!WeRonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15798297935197219002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-1605190582954807082017-03-08T23:28:21.398-05:002017-03-08T23:28:21.398-05:00CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
TITLE 25—INDIANS
CHA...CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS <br />TITLE 25—INDIANS <br />CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />PART 62—ENROLLMENT APPEALS <br />Current as of April 1, 2012 <br />Sec. <br />§ 62.1 Definitions. <br />As used in these regulations: <br />Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs or an authorized representative acting under delegated authority. <br />Bureau means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior. <br />Commissioner means the Commissioner of Indian Affairs or an authorized representative acting under delegated authority. <br />Department means the Department of the Interior. <br />Director means the Area Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs area office which has administrative jurisdiction over the local field office responsible for administering the affairs of a tribe, band, or group of Indians or an authorized representative acting under delegated authority. <br />Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or an authorized representative acting under delegate authority. <br />Sponsor means any authorized person, including an attorney, who files an appeal on behalf of another person. <br />Superintendent means the official or other designated representative of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in charge of the field office which has immediate administrative responsibility with respect to the affairs of a tribe, band, or group of Indians or an authorized representative acting under delegated authority.2 <br />Tribal committee means the body of a federally recognized tribal entity vested with final authority to act on enrollment matters. <br />Tribal governing document means the written organizational statement governing a tribe, band or group of Indians and/or any valid document, enrollment ordinance or resolution enacted thereunder. <br />Tribal member means a person who meets the requirements for enrollment in a tribal entity and has been duly enrolled. <br />§ 62.2 Purpose. <br />A. The regulations in this part are to provide procedures for the filing and processing of appeals from adverse enrollment actions by Bureau officials. <br />B. The regulations in this part are not applicable and do not provide procedures for the filing of appeals from adverse enrollment actions by tribal committees, unless: <br />1. The adverse enrollment action is incident to the preparation of a tribal roll subject to Secretarial approval; or <br />2. An appeal to the Secretary is provided for in the tribal governing document. <br />§ 62.3 Information collection. <br />In accordance with the Office of Management and Budget regulations contained in 5 CFR 1320.3, approval of the information collection requirements contained in this part is not required. <br />§ 62.4 Who may appeal. <br />A. A person who is the subject of an adverse enrollment action may file or have filed on his/her behalf an appeal. An adverse enrollment action is: <br />1. The rejection of an application for enrollment by a Bureau official incident to the preparation of a roll for Secretarial approval; <br />2. The removal of a name from a tribal roll by a Bureau official incident to review of the roll for Secretarial approval; <br />3. The rejection of an application for enrollment or the disenrollment of a tribal member by a tribal committee when the tribal governing document provides for an appeal of the action to the Secretary; <br />4 The change in degree of Indian blood by a tribal committee which affects a tribal member when the tribal governing document provides for an appeal of the action to the Secretary; <br />5. The change in degree of Indian blood by a Bureau official which affects an individual; and <br />6. The certification of degree of Indian blood by a Bureau official which affects an individual. <br />B. A tribal committee may file an appeal as provided for in § 61.11 of this chapter. <br />C. A sponsor may file an appeal on behalf of another person who is subject to an adverse enrollment action.3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com