Original Pechanga Blog

Felon Ray Basquez, Jr With the Pechanga Resort & Casino closed for business, and 4,500 employees laid off.  One group of casualt...

Thank you  K evin Abourezk   for this article on tribal disenrollment and the #stopdisenrollment campaign .  We have a host of links about d...

Disenrollment is NOT the Indian Way Readers, some of this was posted as early as June 2007 and it still does apply.  The links tell the ...

Jaime Dunaway has an extensive piece on disenrollment in SLATE.com . From an interview we did in APRIL: . . California’s Pechanga Band of...

 A California federal judge on Saturday tossed a suit by members of the   Elem Indian Colony   of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria...

Pala Casino Spa & Resort confirmed an unspecified number of layoffs, citing facility closures prompted by a $170 million expansion and r...

Another MAJOR EVENT for the NCAI (National Congress of American Indians) and another round of SILENCE by not discussing the corrupt and abu...

Here are young descendants of Paulina Hunter , ages 5 thru 9 years, disenrolled from Pechanga 107 years after her death  They are the 8th g...

Earlier today and for the next two days, members of the Elem Indian Colony Pomo Tribe will be protesting at the Ukiah Plaza alongside repre...

Interesting post from a FB page of a recently disenrolled HOPLAND POMO woman, on evidence presented, and how corrupt tribal politicians (no...

Steve Russell has a good piece up in Indian Country Today called CARVING UP THE NEW BUFFALO.  Which is about how greed is leaving many Nativ...

The conclusion of Native American Activist Paul Johnson's treatise on the violations of civil rights in Indian Country.  Please check o...

What is happening at Nooksack is making the national stage.  It helps those who have been victims of corrupt activities to keep bringing th...

UPDATE: This is the determination that Pala Chairman Robert Smiths said was INVALID. He claimed the BIA spoke out of BOTH sided of their mo...

I received this via email, and without my computer, so I'll attribute it when I can. I think its important to get this out there. Carme...

Original Pechanga's Blog has begun it's Native American HALL OF SHAME, with spots earned for the despicable way they've treated...

A reminder of a post from 2007 where Pechanga remaining members (remainers?) were upset that we were speaking out in public about the horrid...

Frequent commenter to Original Pechanga's blog, Allen L. Lee is a guest blogger today with his proposal for a solution to continue and ...

Steve Craig and the folks at apoliticalblog.com have graciously asked me to contribute to their blog. Here is the first submission The Pecha...

Issues with disenrollment didn't happen overnight in California, it happened as casinos came up. Tribal Corruption Chukchansi Beneath th...