UPDATE PECHANGA HAS NO CULTURAL Affiliation to San Nicolas: After Ripping the Hearts From LIVE Tribal Members, Pechanga Assuages Guilt with Remains of LONE WOMAN ancestors of San Nicolas Island

The Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians Indians, having stolen the heritage from living members, casually ripping at their hearts, have taken control of remains 100 miles away from their homeland.  Bones are more important than people in Macarro World.  There is NOT a single reference to Pechanga in the Wikipedia under Tongva.  There is a reference of Dr. Johnson..

On Thursday, the Navy affirmed that connection, agreeing to repatriate 469 human remains and 436 burial objects to the Pechanga. Those items are now contained in five collections on the mainland and one on the island. Through that agreement, the tribe will have greater authority over the handling of those items, which tribal officials view as sacred.

“What today’s decision means is that nearly 500 human remains, and hundreds of burial and sacred items will finally be afforded the respect and dignity they have long deserved under federal law,” (known liar) Mark Macarro said in the statement. “The staggering amount of remains and sacred items involved stands as a testament to the need for stronger laws that respect Native heritage throughout the United States.”

While the Pechanga are the only tribe to step forward to claim a connection to the Nicoleno, there may be other Southern California tribes that also share that affiliation, officials said.

If only Macarro and the Masiel Basquez Crime Family were concerned for the LIVING, but then, the DEAD don't require per capita payments.

UPDATE: PECHANGA has NO cultural affiliation say experts, so then WHAT is it about..claim to San Nicolas after the NAVY leaves?

Many archaeologists who are knowledgeable about the earliest inhabitants of the Channel Islands say a preponderance of skeletal and DNA data affiliates the island with Gabrielino Tongva Indians, who occupied the greater Los Angeles Basin and the southern three islands: Santa Catalina, San Clemente and San Nicolas.

Among them is John Johnson, curator of anthropology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. "Granting cultural affiliation with Pechanga would be a big mistake," he said. "I don't believe it would survive a legal challenge. The four words do not indicate some sort of cultural connection."


Last week, however, the Navy announced it had determined that the Pechanga were culturally affiliated with the remains of 469 people and 436 objects that have been removed from San Nicolas Island and are now stored in museum and university collections throughout the state.