Graton Rancheria's Casino COMMITS $1 MILLION to Support N.California FIRE VICTIMS

Well done Graton, Well done

Some History of the GABRIELENO TONGVA People. Still Not Federally Recognized

The website about S. California and Los Angeles, LAist has a story up about the Gabrieleno Tongva people that might make one or two factions upset.  Until the groups come together....federal recognition will be elusive.

California was home to thousands of people before Spanish settlers arrived—around 350,000 across the whole state—and the Los Angeles Basin in particular was home to the Gabrieliño-Tongva people. The movements of the Tongva peoples set the stage for what would eventually become Los Angeles. Their footpath through the Sepulveda Basin was the original 405 freeway. The L.A. State Historic Park was formerly a fertile basin within a mile of Yaanga, the Tongva people’s largest known village in the area.

Elem Indian Colony EVACUATED due to fast moving FIRE

Pray for the safety of our friends and relations in the north who are affected by fire...

With the fire headed toward the Elem Colony, evacuations were ordered there not long after dispatch as well as at nearby Orchard Shores. In Lake Village Estates, transformers were reported to be blowing.

Our friend Michelle Hammock, Hopland disenrolled reports her parents home is destroyed..

Saginaw Chippewa Disenrollment: Lawyer brings VICTORY for ONE Family the MAYS, LOSS for Another?

Interesting how things turn out.  ONE LAWYER, Two cases, same wording on standards, yet two different outcomes?

"Under the legal standards in effect on the date their membership was certified."  All the previous that were disenrolled should have theirs overturned as well under that language.

MORE ON SAGINAW CHIPPEWA Disenrollments:

Jewish CPA Tells Native Americans WHAT INDIAN COUNTRY REALLY NEEDS

Please Native America...stand with this Republican Jewish CPA and REAL Estate broker as he explains what INDIAN COUNTRY NEEDS.....said NO ONE EVER.   The condescension is staggering

BIA DIRECTOR's NIECE, WHO REPRESENTED PALA A DISENROLLING Tribe will Speak At California Indian Law Association Conference: SHAMEFUL

There will be a segment at the upcoming CALIFORNIA INDIAN LAW ASSOCIATION meeting on TRIBAL DISENROLLMENT.  The segment looks like it's shaping up to be a HOW TO Disenroll with 2 of 3 panelists on the ...PRO disenrollment side.

Tribal Disenrollment and Exclusions: A Discussion of Tribal Interests 
Moderator: Christina Snider, CILA Vice President
Panelists: 
Eddie Crandell - Tribal Chairman, Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians The LONE panelist who brought HONOR back to Indian Country, by bringing his disenrolled people HOME..
Sara Dutschke Setshwaelo - Counsel, Dentons LLP
Frank Lawrence - The Law Office of Frank Lawrence (LOSER in Cosentino v. Pechanga, ALSO a disenrolling tribe)

We wrote about BIA DIRECTOR AMY DUTSCHKE'S niece Sara, who tried some threatening tactics while 'representing" the Pala Band of Mission Indians. Former tribal chairman of Pala King Freeman was concerned for his LIFE.

Other speakers include ANNA KIMBER, who represented the Jamul Indian Village who BEAT and evicted some of their people.  And Loretta TUELL, who was VERY upset that Osama bin Laden was given the codename GERONIMO, but silent on the abuses of 11,000 Native Americans.

October 13th at
Thunder Valley Casino Resort
1200 Athens Ave, Lincoln, California 95648

NO WORD on whether SHOWERS will be provided to reduce the slime.

Indian Country Today, Owned by Civil Rights Abusing ONEIDA Nations, Donates Operation to Civil Rights Abuse Ignoring NCAI

Wonderful news!  Oh, wait.  Word is out that the Oneida Nation, which bulldozed the chairman's own family's homes (under his orders) will donate their assets of Indian Country TODAY to the National Congress of American Indians which studiously and repeatedly IGNORES the issue of tribal disenrollment.  

Can we even HOPE to see stories on the abuse of Indians....BY INDIANS?    Wonder if the new owners will report on the TAMMY MAHONEY investigation?



The defunct Indian Country Today Media Network will remain in Indian Country's hands thanks to the Oneida Nation.

Civil and Human Rights Abusing Chukchansi Tribe OPENS ENROLLMENT....to SOME...

Sierra Star News has the story of the Picayune Rancheria opening enrollment. All is NOT as it seems.

For the first time many in the tribe could remember, the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians announced it will allow open enrollment, mere days before its annual council election Saturday, Oct. 7.

In a statement put out on the tribe’s Facebook page Friday, application packages will begin to be sent to enrolled members Monday.

Disenrolled Chukchansi Cathy Cory has this comment on her Facebook:

PRAYERS UP for LAS VEGAS in Aftermatch of Mass Shooting

I can only hope that NONE of you were touched in any way by the Las Vegas Mass Murder...sadly, our family and friends have been..

One of my son's asst. managers had a daughter there, she's safe now
A cousin's daughter was there, safe on her way home
Cousin's friend was shot in the shoulder.
Son in Law's nephew's BF's sister was killed
SIL's friends daughter was shot twice but will survive..

PRAY for Las Vegas....

UPDATE: RINCON BLOOD DEGREE: Genocide by Our OWN HAND and WE LIKE IT? Maintaining a MORATORIUM is the GOAL

UPDATED to add statement from the videos creator below for clarification, PLEASE, watch and share, and if you are RINCON, you MUST show up to vote and and be heard...

A 20 minute video from the RINCON people on recreating their base roll of membership giving an enrollment committee too much power and this enrollment committee is NOT applying the same rules for everyone.

The is an OPPOSITION to lifting the moratorium on membership.  Lifting the moratorium to these people, bringing more people in "would NOT benefit the Rincon band.

At 16 minute park, an argument on the Census rolls being incorrect. I agree, we SAW Pechanga's enrollment committee member FALSIFIED those documents while employed at the BIA.

Hugh Hefner's PLAYBOY Had Disenrollment Story THREE YEARS before the NEW YORK TIMES

Yes, ladies and gentlemen Playboy beats the NYTIMES to the important issues. 

April 2008 Edition with
Story on DISENROLLMENT

While primarily known has a "men's magazine" Playboy also kept up with the issues of the day.  Playboy's April 2008 included a story on ousted Seminole Chief James Billie, with the article focusing on  Billies' fall from power as Chairman of the Seminole Nation and his eventual banishment by an opposing faction of the tribal council.

As a side bar, page 56 highlights the disenrollments at Pechanga:

Tribal Disenrollment YouTube: A PAPER GENOCIDE, by Pechanga Descendant Kent Appel

Wonderful words put to music by singer and Hunter descendant Kent Appel on the disenrollment from the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, but sadly, it works for all casino Indians who commit paper genocide.  Please ...listen.. 



The refrain:

CASINO PEOPLE
SHAMEFUL TRIBE
DESTROYED YOUR OWN
A PAPER GENOCIDE

Jacqueline Keeler PODCAST on NOT YOUR MASCOT on Racist Native American Imagery

Noted Native Journalist Jacqueline Keeler discusses the use of R*DSK*NS as mascotry.   Recently, the NFL supports taking a knee during our national anthem to protest against racism by police.  Not lost on many Natives is that the league supports racism via mascotry. 

Jackie has her FIRST PODCAST on SOUNDCLOUD on this issue. Please support Native issues by listening

9th Circuit Lawsuit: RABANG v. KELLY (NOOKSACK "LEADER" has NO AUTHORITY to VIOLATE RICO

If you are NOT tribal leadership, can you ACT LIKE you are and claim SOVEREIGNTY?

This case is not a so-called intra-tribal dispute, or one regarding tribal disenrollment.  This is a dispute about whether a group of individuals should be allowed to engage in mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy, in violation of RICO while masquerading as a “tribal government.”

The answer is “no.”   TURTLE TALK HAS the DOCUMENTS: