tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post4987718564034799279..comments2024-03-28T06:01:57.947-04:00Comments on <center>Original Pechanga Blog</center>: Sen. John Barrasso PLEASE Hold Hearings In Feinstein/Boxer Country. They Won't Help Natives Harmed by Tribes. Step Up to Protect the Individual Indian.OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-35281146386305109602015-06-02T12:32:32.754-04:002015-06-02T12:32:32.754-04:00The B.I.A. and congress said the tribe has a right...The B.I.A. and congress said the tribe has a right to determine tribal membership based on tribal law and tribal constitution. This means the tribes can deny membership and disenroll following the criteria of tribal by laws and their constitution. Now this is were tribes like Pechanga , Pala , San Pasqaul and others have broken tribal by laws and constitution just because they are in office disenrolling who they dislike or threatens their political power. Not enrolling others but enrolling their family for votes. So if congress , senate and the B.I.A. make strong statements of tribes rights to disenroll based on tribal laws and constitution then they need to make shore that the disenrolling tribes are following their tribal laws.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-24256996025884242452015-06-02T10:16:14.087-04:002015-06-02T10:16:14.087-04:00Mark said "We have a right to determine membe...Mark said "We have a right to determine membership." Correct, the truth is WE ALREADY DETERMINED MEMBERSHIP, and our Ancestors were honored and respected. Now to have a faction led by Macarro et al thinking it's legal and ok to dishonor our Ancestors, determine membership on enrolled members who meet the requirements, take away all their rights and spend their share of everything the band has been allowed to participate in. Pechanga deserves to be honored with truth. Hunter family is Pechanga, no other family is more Pechanga than Paulina and her descendants. Your Ancestors knew the truth and filed oral depositions on Allotted Indians. The reservation and Casino would not be here today if the Ancestors did not record the truth. Honor them NOW!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-34918504142112576212015-05-31T16:07:59.097-04:002015-05-31T16:07:59.097-04:00Excellent idea, White Buffalo.Excellent idea, White Buffalo.OPechangahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-13388490513138321102015-05-31T12:29:31.347-04:002015-05-31T12:29:31.347-04:00Another tool for the tool box is to make a phone c...Another tool for the tool box is to make a phone call to them members of the committee. In most case, nearly all, you will not speak with the legislator, but they will take your name and zip code and your position on an issues. This is a way of having your vice heard. I do some lobbying at work. Although it is not for this particular issue I have been told that each phone call represents a significant number of constituents. In most cases people will not take the time to make a call. Better still is to pen a letter and mail it through the post office. These carry a lot of weight. Remember every phone call and letter is entered into the public record. White Buffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418439711300071894noreply@blogger.com