Where is everybody going for their news on Tribal Civil Rights violations?
www.pechanga.info is a good start
Friday, November 30, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Open Letter to Pechanga Chairman Macarro
Original Pechanga has a post that is an Open Letter to Pechanga Chairman Mark Macarro. He's the one who was on television during the Prop 1A and Prop 5 campaigns. He talks like he has butter in his mouth, but his temper is legendary.
http://originalpechanga.blogspot.com
Anyone wonder why they don't use him as spokesman anymore? Could it be because he is not looked at with respect for what he has allowed to happen during his watch?
Please help with the traffic.
http://originalpechanga.blogspot.com
Anyone wonder why they don't use him as spokesman anymore? Could it be because he is not looked at with respect for what he has allowed to happen during his watch?
Please help with the traffic.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Standing Together as Family
Standing Together as Family
We have been working togethere as family for years, trying to stave off criminal disenrollment actions. Most of us were willing to fight. But for some now, they have taken a back seat and aren't willing to continue the fight. I find that amazing. Getting beat down isn't a reason to quit, it's a reason to start.
Many of our family have been fighting for a DECADE trying to get in the tribe where they rightfully belong. They belong to the land and all that it offers.
Some have asked, "can we get a celeb to speak out for us?" I respond, "why would they, we can't even get all our family to speak out!" See the rest at:
http://blog.myspace.com/paulinahunterofpechanga
We have been working togethere as family for years, trying to stave off criminal disenrollment actions. Most of us were willing to fight. But for some now, they have taken a back seat and aren't willing to continue the fight. I find that amazing. Getting beat down isn't a reason to quit, it's a reason to start.
Many of our family have been fighting for a DECADE trying to get in the tribe where they rightfully belong. They belong to the land and all that it offers.
Some have asked, "can we get a celeb to speak out for us?" I respond, "why would they, we can't even get all our family to speak out!" See the rest at:
http://blog.myspace.com/paulinahunterofpechanga
Friday, November 23, 2007
PECHANGA: NO on 94
For violations of civil rights, human rights and the despicable practice of disenrollment, Pechanga does NOT deserve to receive a gaming expansion
NO on Prop. 94
No to Pechanga
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Original Pechanga's Blog
While I have not been active on this blog, others in the family have been very active in keeping up with the news of civil rights violations by Pechanga and other tribes in Indian Country.
You will not find much of this on Pechanga.net, but at Original Pechanga's Blog you will find more in depth blogging.
Also, my other blog at http://blog.myspace.com/paulinahunterofpechanga is still going very strong. Take a look.
You will not find much of this on Pechanga.net, but at Original Pechanga's Blog you will find more in depth blogging.
Also, my other blog at http://blog.myspace.com/paulinahunterofpechanga is still going very strong. Take a look.
Monday, June 4, 2007
Concerning Pechanga's Disgraceful Actions
Concerning Disgraceful Actions by the Pechanga Tribal Council
In a notice dated August 7, 2006, the descendants of Paulina Hunter, an original allottee of the Pechanga Indian Reservation, were informed that the Pechanga Tribal Council and the Pechanga Enrollment Committee had denied their appeal to over-turn the Enrollment Committee’s earlier decision to disenroll the family.
The Hunter Family members were disenrolled in March of this year when the Enrollment Committee concluded that their ancestor, Paulina Hunter, was not a Temecula Indian.
Along with disenrollment notices from the Enrollment Committee, a memo from the Tribal Council explained that it had decided that a law passed by the Tribe’s governing body in July 2005 to bar future disenrollments applied to all tribal members except the Hunter Family.
The disenrollment of the Hunter family was initiated when several statements were presented to the Enrollment Committee claiming Paulina Hunter was non-Indian or not a member. One such letter came from a convicted felon currently serving time in the California State Prison system for child molestation.
In response to the allegations, the descendants of Paulina Hunter provided numerous documents as proof that Paulina Hunter was indeed of Indian ancestry and was an original Pechanga/Temecula Indian.
In fact, a report prepared by Dr. John Johnson, the curator of anthropology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, at the request of the Enrollment Committee concluded that a "preponderance of the evidence" from surviving historical records and census documents shows that Paulina Hunter was a Pechanga member who lived in Temecula and was allotted reservation land. There is no greater authority on this issue than Dr. Johnson.
"My feeling is it's a faulty interpretation of the record to reject this family. Paulina Hunter was definitely a core member of the Temecula Band of Luiseño Indians," Dr. Johnson said. "I don't understand the decision other than it is not based on fact. It is based on conjecture and politics."
The disenrollment of the Hunter family is the second such disenrollment of a large family from the Pechanga Band. Each has occurred just months before scheduled tribal elections for Chairman and Tribal Council.
The expulsions of the 2 families removed significant opposition to the current administration and others running for tribal office. Each “disenrollment” was done in violation of both tribal and federal laws which are intended to protect the rights and privileges of tribal members.
Specifically, the members were denied the due process and equal rights protections provided in the Indian Civil Rights Act, as well as language in the Band’s Constitution and Bylaws which mandates that tribal officials uphold the individual rights of each member without malice or prejudice. The disenrollments reduced the Pechanga Band's enrollment by nearly 30%, and each enrolled member, including those responsible for the violations of human and civil rights, could reap additional profits in the tens of millions of dollars.
For more information, please visit www.pechanga.info
In a notice dated August 7, 2006, the descendants of Paulina Hunter, an original allottee of the Pechanga Indian Reservation, were informed that the Pechanga Tribal Council and the Pechanga Enrollment Committee had denied their appeal to over-turn the Enrollment Committee’s earlier decision to disenroll the family.
The Hunter Family members were disenrolled in March of this year when the Enrollment Committee concluded that their ancestor, Paulina Hunter, was not a Temecula Indian.
Along with disenrollment notices from the Enrollment Committee, a memo from the Tribal Council explained that it had decided that a law passed by the Tribe’s governing body in July 2005 to bar future disenrollments applied to all tribal members except the Hunter Family.
The disenrollment of the Hunter family was initiated when several statements were presented to the Enrollment Committee claiming Paulina Hunter was non-Indian or not a member. One such letter came from a convicted felon currently serving time in the California State Prison system for child molestation.
In response to the allegations, the descendants of Paulina Hunter provided numerous documents as proof that Paulina Hunter was indeed of Indian ancestry and was an original Pechanga/Temecula Indian.
In fact, a report prepared by Dr. John Johnson, the curator of anthropology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, at the request of the Enrollment Committee concluded that a "preponderance of the evidence" from surviving historical records and census documents shows that Paulina Hunter was a Pechanga member who lived in Temecula and was allotted reservation land. There is no greater authority on this issue than Dr. Johnson.
"My feeling is it's a faulty interpretation of the record to reject this family. Paulina Hunter was definitely a core member of the Temecula Band of Luiseño Indians," Dr. Johnson said. "I don't understand the decision other than it is not based on fact. It is based on conjecture and politics."
The disenrollment of the Hunter family is the second such disenrollment of a large family from the Pechanga Band. Each has occurred just months before scheduled tribal elections for Chairman and Tribal Council.
The expulsions of the 2 families removed significant opposition to the current administration and others running for tribal office. Each “disenrollment” was done in violation of both tribal and federal laws which are intended to protect the rights and privileges of tribal members.
Specifically, the members were denied the due process and equal rights protections provided in the Indian Civil Rights Act, as well as language in the Band’s Constitution and Bylaws which mandates that tribal officials uphold the individual rights of each member without malice or prejudice. The disenrollments reduced the Pechanga Band's enrollment by nearly 30%, and each enrolled member, including those responsible for the violations of human and civil rights, could reap additional profits in the tens of millions of dollars.
For more information, please visit www.pechanga.info
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Pechanga Tribal Treasurer Abruptly Quits
It was posted on www.pechanga.info/forum
Why would she quit after 10 years so abruptly? The FBI took a member of the CPP who works in the casino away.
Does Christine have some information that Pechanga doesn't want to get out?
Why would she quit after 10 years so abruptly? The FBI took a member of the CPP who works in the casino away.
Does Christine have some information that Pechanga doesn't want to get out?
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