Auntie Margretty Rabang WINS another court "battle". Judge Rules case can continue and that Nooksack crony judge RAY DODGE is still on the hook for his decisions, and discovery WILL continue.
The Court concludes Plaintiffs have shown that, for specified reasons, they cannot present facts essential to justify their opposition to the pending motion for summary judgment.
Judicial immunity is a fact-intensive inquiry in this case. A deposition of Defendant Dodge and information obtained through other discovery tools could create a genuine dispute of material fact as to whether Defendant Dodge knew he lacked authority. Plaintiffs’ detailed opposition to
the motion for summary judgment does not defeat their motion to continue.
and explain why those facts would have precluded summary judgment). Therefore, for the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs’ motion to continue (Dkt. No. 75) is GRANTED.
Turtle Talk has the filings here
Friday, June 30, 2017
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Trump Justice Dept DROPS Challenge TO REDSKINS Trademark
The Justice Department on Thursday dropped the legal challenge to the the Washington Redskins' name, the Associated Press reported. MAYBE it's time for them to go after ACTUAL CIVIL and HUMAN RIGHTS violations in INDIAN COUNTRY? We got CRICKETS from Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch
According to the AP, the Trump administration dropped the challenge in a letter to the Supreme Court in response to last week's ruling in Matal V. Tam, in which an Asian-American rock band won the right to copyright the name "The Slants," despite the name's offensive connotation.
In the Thursday letter, the Justice Department argues that the Matal V. Tam decision means that the court would decide in favor of the Washington Redskins if the case went before the justices.
Last week, Redskins owner Dan Snyder drew the same conclusion, and said he was "thrilled" by the court's decision in the copyright case His lawyer, Lisa Blatt, issued a statement saying that the court's decision resolved the dispute over the NFL team's name.
Senators of the INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.... LOOK for an important issue to hold hearings for. The abuse of Native Americans, BY Native Americans
According to the AP, the Trump administration dropped the challenge in a letter to the Supreme Court in response to last week's ruling in Matal V. Tam, in which an Asian-American rock band won the right to copyright the name "The Slants," despite the name's offensive connotation.
In the Thursday letter, the Justice Department argues that the Matal V. Tam decision means that the court would decide in favor of the Washington Redskins if the case went before the justices.
Last week, Redskins owner Dan Snyder drew the same conclusion, and said he was "thrilled" by the court's decision in the copyright case His lawyer, Lisa Blatt, issued a statement saying that the court's decision resolved the dispute over the NFL team's name.
Senators of the INDIAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.... LOOK for an important issue to hold hearings for. The abuse of Native Americans, BY Native Americans
What Will Disenrolling Tribal Councils SAY, When they Face Their Ancestors?
What will Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians Chairman Mark Macarro say to HIS ancestor, that called OUR ancestor, aunt? What will Butch Murphy say to our ancestors that took HIS non Pechanga family in?It's interesting to think about what the tribal members remaining in tribes that have exterminated other members pray and think about when they go to church.
Do they pray that:
1. God won't remember what they have done to their family and ours?
2. I can just give a little more to the collection plate and that will get me off the hook.
3. Please, God, let there be more slot machines.
4. Please, God, I'm not really happy about it, but I didn't do anything about it, WHY didn't you give me strength?
Do they JUSTIFY their Shameful Actions with:
Well, I really didn't believe in the 5th, 8th, 9th or 10th commandments anyway?
Why are they always picking on us? Are civil rights, elder abuse, voting rights that important?
Some questions should be raised:
What has the parish priest talked to his flock about the situation? How much of the catechism have the disenrollers broken?
Are they still taking communion? What penance did they get for ruining the lives of so many?
Should Christian customers patronize a business that treats its family so terribly? Should Christians spend money for dinner at a place that abused their elders and children?
Should churches hold luncheons at a place like this?
BIA's Pechanga Land COBELL SETTLEMENT BUYBACK OFFER: $1.13 for LAND INTEREST VALUE
Word is coming from those receiving settlement offers for allotted land the US Department of the Interior Land Buyback Program for Allotted Land on the Pechanga Indian Reservation. Temecula land is going for $70,000 per acre, Hunter property should fetch $1.4 million...
One offer was for $1.13 ...best and FINAL, NON negotiable! Well, that that they paid staffers to send out letters, a huge mailing and postage...which would be MORE than this "interest value". 19.88 acres held by 100 allottee descendants means that they don't value or have interest in us at all.
My question is: DOES that HAVE to be taken in ONE LUMP SUM? or..for can it be extended over a period of years to reduce the tax implications.
THIS IS THEIR ANSWER for 150 years of MISMANAGEMENT of Indian Trust Responsibility. JUST SAY NO
One offer was for $1.13 ...best and FINAL, NON negotiable! Well, that that they paid staffers to send out letters, a huge mailing and postage...which would be MORE than this "interest value". 19.88 acres held by 100 allottee descendants means that they don't value or have interest in us at all.
My question is: DOES that HAVE to be taken in ONE LUMP SUM? or..for can it be extended over a period of years to reduce the tax implications.
THIS IS THEIR ANSWER for 150 years of MISMANAGEMENT of Indian Trust Responsibility. JUST SAY NO
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
The Disappearing Salmon, This Centuries Buffalo Extinction? Steve Magagnini's Thought Provoking Story
A tale of the salmon runs, reads like what happened to the Buffalo over a century ago STEVE MAGAGNINI AND RYAN SABALOW of the Sacramento Bee have a story (linked here) on how Tribes in Northern California are affected. PLEASE..share on your social media...
Under a purple pre-dawn sky, a small group of Northern Californian Indians ventured out onto the wet sand where the mighty Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean. They had come to honor and fight for the salmon that have sustained their ancient culture for generations.
Parents with their children burned sacred sage in the chilly morning air, then pulled out intricate wooden batons carved to look like salmon. As barking sea lions serenaded them, two boys accepted the batons from their elders and bolted down the beach. The boys dipped the wooden salmon into the tide, whipped around and ran as furiously as they could upriver.
The salmon runs performed by the Yurok, Karuk and other Northern California tribes have long spread the joyous news from village to village that the fish were returning from the ocean. This year, however, the event also brought bad news.
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
BIA Takes "Good Enough for Government Work" as GUIDELINE on FOIA Requests
Is THIS what we expect from our government: Probably not the best, but what the hell, at least we got the job done to minimally acceptable standards, some of the time.
More follow up of the BUREAU of Indian Affairs and the Emilio Reyes FOIA REQUESTS. I have three emails from BIA Southern California agency, Javin Moore is currently the superintendent, and from Director Amy Dutschke.
Let's see if I can break these down for our readers.
EMAIL #1: Director Dutschke is asking FOIA officer Doug Garcia, WHY FOIA requests aren't cleared from the backlog, when they are completed. Looks like 3 weeks LAG TIME? Interesting that it took an hour and a half to get back to the BOSS LADY.
EMAIL #2: It appears Sandra Hansen was trying to avoid completing the FOIA requests, including initiated a "phone tag" to delay or to avoid providing responses to SPECIFIC requests
EMAIL #3: The last one could charitably be termed a "error" stuffing envelopes. But more likely carelessness because the agency claims to mail Emilio correspondence but mails correspondence that is supposed to go to another requester.
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It certainly seems like we spend a lot of time of BIA failures, issues and more, doesn't it
More follow up of the BUREAU of Indian Affairs and the Emilio Reyes FOIA REQUESTS. I have three emails from BIA Southern California agency, Javin Moore is currently the superintendent, and from Director Amy Dutschke.
Let's see if I can break these down for our readers.
EMAIL #1: Director Dutschke is asking FOIA officer Doug Garcia, WHY FOIA requests aren't cleared from the backlog, when they are completed. Looks like 3 weeks LAG TIME? Interesting that it took an hour and a half to get back to the BOSS LADY.
EMAIL #2: It appears Sandra Hansen was trying to avoid completing the FOIA requests, including initiated a "phone tag" to delay or to avoid providing responses to SPECIFIC requests
EMAIL #3: The last one could charitably be termed a "error" stuffing envelopes. But more likely carelessness because the agency claims to mail Emilio correspondence but mails correspondence that is supposed to go to another requester.
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FOIA (Freedom on Information Act) documents from Bureau of Indian Affairs. by Original Pechanga on Scribd
It certainly seems like we spend a lot of time of BIA failures, issues and more, doesn't it
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Wilton Rancheria Chairman Raymond Hitchcock RESPONDS TO Lawsuits.
Below is a statement issued by Wilton Rancheria Tribal Chairman Raymond Hitchcock. The statement includes a response by Hitchcock to an inquiry made regarding comments made by Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly, as revealed in a lawsuit filed against the City of Elk Grove earlier this week, regarding a suggested solicitation of the tribe.
“This is another attempt by card room interests to use local citizens to front their jaded agenda. The allegations in the lawsuit are acts of desperation by an opposition group afraid of competition. The publicist for Knighted Ventures, which provides services for local card clubs and acknowledged funding last year’s crooked petition drive, put his name on the press release for the lawsuit. Why don’t you ask the five Elk Grove residents whose names are on the court filing who is paying for the lawyers.
The Tribe never gave any such funds. But as you are aware, Wilton Rancheria's MOU with the City of Elk Grove generously pledges $400,000 annually to the Elk Grove School District, and we remain committed to support local education in the face of cynical efforts by out-of-area interests to create scandal where none exists. The Tribe is baffled that the local card rooms and Stand Up for California would decry such pledges.”
“This is another attempt by card room interests to use local citizens to front their jaded agenda. The allegations in the lawsuit are acts of desperation by an opposition group afraid of competition. The publicist for Knighted Ventures, which provides services for local card clubs and acknowledged funding last year’s crooked petition drive, put his name on the press release for the lawsuit. Why don’t you ask the five Elk Grove residents whose names are on the court filing who is paying for the lawyers.
The Tribe never gave any such funds. But as you are aware, Wilton Rancheria's MOU with the City of Elk Grove generously pledges $400,000 annually to the Elk Grove School District, and we remain committed to support local education in the face of cynical efforts by out-of-area interests to create scandal where none exists. The Tribe is baffled that the local card rooms and Stand Up for California would decry such pledges.”
Friday, June 23, 2017
Supreme Court RULES Stripping Citizenship IS EGREGIOUS Corrupt Tribal Councils Do It ALL THE TIME
"We have never read a statute to strip citizenship from someone who met the legal criteria for acquiring it," Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the court's UNANIMOUS opinion.
APPARENTLY, Justice Kagan hasn't been following what's gone on in Indian Country:
The equivalent of EIGHT MILLION TRIBAL MEMBERS have lost their citizenship and RISING...
It's unconscionable that in all the years we have had mass terminations of tribal citizenship, no politician has stood up for those Indians who have been harmed by their tribe. (See: Like Being Raped and Going to your Rapist for Justice)
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Stop Tribal Genocide Founder Emilio Reyes Forced to Sue BIA on FOIA Requests
Founder of Stop Tribal Genocide, Emilio Reyes files his first FOIA lawsuit, representing himself against the Bureau of Indian Affairs. It seems at EVERY TURN, The Bureau of Indian Affairs drags its feet. ( see: BIA pulling OKIE DOKE ) NO WONDER they lost a Freedom of Infomation Act lawsuit to Nooksack.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Regional Office is withholding 1005 pages of responsive records on a Freedom of Information Act request. Since the agency claims exemption 6, by this complaint, Emilio is requesting the Bureau of Indian Affairs to identify each document withheld, state the statutory exemption claimed and explain how the disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption.
Under exemption 6 the agency has the right to withhold records due to privacy concerns. However, the records requested are 77-97 years old. Under exemption 6 the agency has to do the following: 1) Request proof of death of the individuals listed on the records. 2) Provide responsive documents with redacted information 3) provide the records presuming the individuals are deceased due to the date of the records creation. The agency failed to follow any of these guidelines. Nevertheless, the acknowledgement and final letter was provided six months after the initial request.
The administrative appeal was filed to the Department of Interior (Office of the Solicitor) in Washington, DC. To this date, the appeal has not been acknowledged, accepted, or denied receipt. In accordance to 43 CFR 2.62, the basic time limit for responding to an appeal is twenty (20) business days. If the Department is unable to reach a decision on an appeal within the given time limit for response, the appropriate deciding official for FOIA appeals will notify the requestor of the statutory right to seek review in a United States District Court. The agency failed to follow these procedures.
Emilio says that even though the records are available in ancestry.com and also in the National Archives, some of the records in the repository of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, include additional notes and correspondence which are significant important to the research he's done on Mexican Indians living in the Arizona and California Indian reservations.
Pending complaints have been filed in the U.S. District Court of Southern California. Few of those complaints relate to records of the San Pasqual and Mesa Grande tribe, that the Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Office is withholding in part or in full.
Shouldn't the BIA do a better job of being in compliance?
The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western Regional Office is withholding 1005 pages of responsive records on a Freedom of Information Act request. Since the agency claims exemption 6, by this complaint, Emilio is requesting the Bureau of Indian Affairs to identify each document withheld, state the statutory exemption claimed and explain how the disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption.
Under exemption 6 the agency has the right to withhold records due to privacy concerns. However, the records requested are 77-97 years old. Under exemption 6 the agency has to do the following: 1) Request proof of death of the individuals listed on the records. 2) Provide responsive documents with redacted information 3) provide the records presuming the individuals are deceased due to the date of the records creation. The agency failed to follow any of these guidelines. Nevertheless, the acknowledgement and final letter was provided six months after the initial request.
The administrative appeal was filed to the Department of Interior (Office of the Solicitor) in Washington, DC. To this date, the appeal has not been acknowledged, accepted, or denied receipt. In accordance to 43 CFR 2.62, the basic time limit for responding to an appeal is twenty (20) business days. If the Department is unable to reach a decision on an appeal within the given time limit for response, the appropriate deciding official for FOIA appeals will notify the requestor of the statutory right to seek review in a United States District Court. The agency failed to follow these procedures.
Emilio says that even though the records are available in ancestry.com and also in the National Archives, some of the records in the repository of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, include additional notes and correspondence which are significant important to the research he's done on Mexican Indians living in the Arizona and California Indian reservations.
Pending complaints have been filed in the U.S. District Court of Southern California. Few of those complaints relate to records of the San Pasqual and Mesa Grande tribe, that the Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Office is withholding in part or in full.
Here is the latest lawsuit to get the western region of the BIA to produce documents from a FOIA request.
Shouldn't the BIA do a better job of being in compliance?
WILTON RANCHERIA - ElK Grove Subterfuge? Brown Act Violations Alleged
See the Lawsuit HERE (link fixed) And it seems shady at best. If this was such a good deal, why would they try to hide it?
AND, Did the ELK GROVE COUNCIL USE WILTON as an ATM:
Between January 26 and 30, 2017, Matthew Baur, 6’ grade teacher at Carroll
4 Elementary School in Elk Grove and a teacher for Mayor Ly’s son, and Steve Ly exchanged emails discussing the casino, and Baur’ s efforts to get a donor to pay $750 for classroom chrome
6 book network connections. Ly responds: “Please share our conversation with everyone. My position is no secret. Regarding funding for chrome book. No worries, let’s get a donation from the Rancheria. Can you do a letter to me describing your situation and the need for $750?”
Lisa Jimenez detailed Wilton Rancheria's subterfuge in gaining land and using her family's cemetery to the city in January.
Read about the BIA's OWN CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE
AND, Did the ELK GROVE COUNCIL USE WILTON as an ATM:
Between January 26 and 30, 2017, Matthew Baur, 6’ grade teacher at Carroll
4 Elementary School in Elk Grove and a teacher for Mayor Ly’s son, and Steve Ly exchanged emails discussing the casino, and Baur’ s efforts to get a donor to pay $750 for classroom chrome
6 book network connections. Ly responds: “Please share our conversation with everyone. My position is no secret. Regarding funding for chrome book. No worries, let’s get a donation from the Rancheria. Can you do a letter to me describing your situation and the need for $750?”
Lisa Jimenez detailed Wilton Rancheria's subterfuge in gaining land and using her family's cemetery to the city in January.
Read about the BIA's OWN CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE
Citizens File Suit Against Elk Grove City Council Alleging Violation of the Brown Act
Citizens seek public hearings; disclosure of records related to backroom deals on Wilton Casino Project
ELK GROVE – Today, citizens of Elk Grove petitioned the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento seeking to compel the City of Elk Grove to comply with the California Public Records Act and release additional documents related to backroom deals on the Wilton Rancheria Casino project that is being proposed at the site of the abandoned Elk Grove Mall project off Highway 99. (petition attached)
The petitioners are Elk Grove residents Patty Johnson; Joe Teixera; Omar Ahmed, Jr., Xin Guo; and Carolyn Soares. The attorney for the petitioners is Brigit Barnes, Esq.
The petitioners also seek declaratory relief based on findings of initial public records act requests which indicate that City Council members and staff engaged in private meetings, email, telephone and text exchanges with representatives of the Wilton Rancheria Tribe, the Elk Grove Town Center LP, through its partner the Howard Hughes Corporation, and gaming parties such as Boyd Gaming of Las Vegas, to predetermine collective approval of the Casino project in violation of the Brown Act.
California’s Brown Act was enacted to prevent secret meetings of official bodies and guarantee the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies where decisions on issues of importance are made.
The actions of the City Council effectively shut the voters of Elk Grove out of the process of determining whether they support the Wilton Casino project. At the same time, these private backroom conversations allowed the City Council to publicly provide the false impression that they had no influence in the matter, again avoiding public scrutiny and bypassing public involvement in the Casino project.
One example of these private backroom dealings occurred in January 2017. The city of Elk Grove was faced with a decision regarding the citizen’s drive to force a vote on the development agreement that would pave the way for the Wilton Rancheria Mega Casino.
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Disenrolled Indians Lose Tribal Benefits, Taxpayers FOOT the BILL
What MUST BE TOLD
Pechanga Corruption: Disenrolled Indians often lose federal benefits
Capitol Weekly
by Malcolm Maclachlan
Published August 9th, 2007
Individual Indian tribes are the sole arbiter of who is and is not a member. But members who are disenrolled from tribes can lose their access to federal benefits, as well, including housing, education, health care and welfare.
Nationwide, thousands of Indians have been kicked out of tribes in recent years. Most of these disenrollments have happened in the years since the advent of tribal casino gaming. Many tribes say their numbers swelled as non-members sought entry into the tribe, and they are dealing with backlogs of illegitimate tribal applicants.
Nevertheless, the vast majority of those who are disenrolled are still Indians--and often hold disenrollment letters that admit this--and are therefore theoretically eligible for federal services for Indians. But the federal government has traditionally run services through tribes. When members are kicked out, accessing services is difficult--and state and local governments are often left holding the bag.
Take the May 8 letter Riverside-San Bernardino Indian Health Inc. sent to a disenrolled member of the Pechanga Tribe. "Due to your disenrollment you are no longer eligible for Contract Care," the letter states. Disenrolled Indians can still get health-care services at the five federally funded clinics the organization operates, but at the "Direct Care" level. This means higher costs, a lower level of services and no doctor choice.
Pechanga Corruption: Disenrolled Indians often lose federal benefits
Capitol Weekly
by Malcolm Maclachlan
Published August 9th, 2007
Individual Indian tribes are the sole arbiter of who is and is not a member. But members who are disenrolled from tribes can lose their access to federal benefits, as well, including housing, education, health care and welfare.
Nationwide, thousands of Indians have been kicked out of tribes in recent years. Most of these disenrollments have happened in the years since the advent of tribal casino gaming. Many tribes say their numbers swelled as non-members sought entry into the tribe, and they are dealing with backlogs of illegitimate tribal applicants.
Nevertheless, the vast majority of those who are disenrolled are still Indians--and often hold disenrollment letters that admit this--and are therefore theoretically eligible for federal services for Indians. But the federal government has traditionally run services through tribes. When members are kicked out, accessing services is difficult--and state and local governments are often left holding the bag.
Take the May 8 letter Riverside-San Bernardino Indian Health Inc. sent to a disenrolled member of the Pechanga Tribe. "Due to your disenrollment you are no longer eligible for Contract Care," the letter states. Disenrolled Indians can still get health-care services at the five federally funded clinics the organization operates, but at the "Direct Care" level. This means higher costs, a lower level of services and no doctor choice.
PINOLEVILLE POMO NATION, Chairwoman LEONA WILLIAMS SUED for FRAUD
The former owner of the historic Hopland Inn in Mendocino County is suing the Pinoleville Pomo Nation , its chairwoman LEONA WILLIAMS and its former business consultant, claiming improper and fraudulent business practices arising from the tribe’s operation of the inn, which is currently shuttered and undergoing renovation under new owners.
San Luis Obispo-based developer Forster-Gill Inc. is seeking more than $1 million, alleging fraud, breach of contract and breach of purchase agreement, including unpaid rent in connection with the 2009 lease, according to Mendocino County Superior Court records.
The lawsuit, filed in April, also alleges the tribe refused to return the hotel and liquor licenses to the property owner after the contract breach.
It names tribal Chairwoman Leona Williams and the tribe’s former business consultant, Michael Canales, of San Diego. Neither could be reached for comment this week.
The Hopland Inn project began in early 2009, when the tribe entered a lease agreement that included a $1.5 million option to buy the Victorian-era inn. The property, which has changed hands and opened and closed multiple times in recent years, is once more in the process of being restored under new ownership with reported plans to reopen later this year.
The tribe only sporadically operated the hotel’s restaurant and bar before shuttering it again after a water pipe burst in January 2012, causing significant damage, according to Gregory Connell, who represents Forster-Gill.
“It wasn’t well attended,” he said of the hotel.
Connell said his client tried to work things out with the tribe, even as they failed to make many of the lease payments of about $8,000 a month.
“We kept extending the option to purchase,” he said. “Eventually it became clear they couldn’t or didn’t want to purchase” the hotel.
It wasn’t until early 2016 that the tribe vacated the inn, leaving it in terrible condition, according to the lawsuit. Connell said his client resold the hotel for less than its original asking price because of its disrepair.
The tribe’s Colorado-based attorney, Padraic McCoy, did not return phone calls. But, according to a legal document seeking dismissal of the lawsuit, the tribe is claiming it cannot be sued because it is a sovereign nation.
Connell said the tribe waived sovereignty as part of the lease/purchase agreement. Such waivers are crucial for business deals made with non-tribal members and off-reservation projects because tribes otherwise are not subject to state or federal court decisions, he said. He said waivers will become more important as tribes increasingly seek business deals outside of their tribal lands.
The court has yet to rule on whether the sovereignty waiver is valid, Connell said.
The Hopland Inn, also known as the Thatcher Inn, was just one of the tribe’s economic development endeavors in recent years.
In 2015, Canales helped the tribe launch an economic development project based on marijuana production and processing. The project, which at the time would have been the first large-scale, tribe-sanctioned cannabis growing and processing operation in the country, abruptly died when local sheriff’s officials raided the operation, seizing some 400 plants. The tribe currently has plans to build a 90,000-square-foot casino on the site of a former car dealership just north of Ukiah.
READ THE FULL STORY in the PRESS DEMOCRAT
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| Leona Williams (left) OP Blog Hall of Shame |
San Luis Obispo-based developer Forster-Gill Inc. is seeking more than $1 million, alleging fraud, breach of contract and breach of purchase agreement, including unpaid rent in connection with the 2009 lease, according to Mendocino County Superior Court records.
The lawsuit, filed in April, also alleges the tribe refused to return the hotel and liquor licenses to the property owner after the contract breach.
It names tribal Chairwoman Leona Williams and the tribe’s former business consultant, Michael Canales, of San Diego. Neither could be reached for comment this week.
The Hopland Inn project began in early 2009, when the tribe entered a lease agreement that included a $1.5 million option to buy the Victorian-era inn. The property, which has changed hands and opened and closed multiple times in recent years, is once more in the process of being restored under new ownership with reported plans to reopen later this year.
The tribe only sporadically operated the hotel’s restaurant and bar before shuttering it again after a water pipe burst in January 2012, causing significant damage, according to Gregory Connell, who represents Forster-Gill.
“It wasn’t well attended,” he said of the hotel.
Connell said his client tried to work things out with the tribe, even as they failed to make many of the lease payments of about $8,000 a month.
“We kept extending the option to purchase,” he said. “Eventually it became clear they couldn’t or didn’t want to purchase” the hotel.
It wasn’t until early 2016 that the tribe vacated the inn, leaving it in terrible condition, according to the lawsuit. Connell said his client resold the hotel for less than its original asking price because of its disrepair.
The tribe’s Colorado-based attorney, Padraic McCoy, did not return phone calls. But, according to a legal document seeking dismissal of the lawsuit, the tribe is claiming it cannot be sued because it is a sovereign nation.
Connell said the tribe waived sovereignty as part of the lease/purchase agreement. Such waivers are crucial for business deals made with non-tribal members and off-reservation projects because tribes otherwise are not subject to state or federal court decisions, he said. He said waivers will become more important as tribes increasingly seek business deals outside of their tribal lands.
The court has yet to rule on whether the sovereignty waiver is valid, Connell said.
The Hopland Inn, also known as the Thatcher Inn, was just one of the tribe’s economic development endeavors in recent years.
In 2015, Canales helped the tribe launch an economic development project based on marijuana production and processing. The project, which at the time would have been the first large-scale, tribe-sanctioned cannabis growing and processing operation in the country, abruptly died when local sheriff’s officials raided the operation, seizing some 400 plants. The tribe currently has plans to build a 90,000-square-foot casino on the site of a former car dealership just north of Ukiah.
READ THE FULL STORY in the PRESS DEMOCRAT
Lehman Brightman, Founder of United Native Americans, WALKS ON After a LIFETIME of Activism for NATIVE AMERICANS
Moving this story up, and wonder WHY Native Media hasn't taken notice and honored the life of Dr. Brightman? Complete media silence. I've sent emails notifying them, my wife has. WTF?
Expected, but sad news that Dr, Brightman has walked on. Son, Quanah Parker Brightman shared to news on his Facebook page.
YOU can help with funeral expenses here
Lehman L. Brightman was a Sioux and Creek Indian who was born on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. He was the father of three boys -- Lehman Jr., Gall , who preceded him in death and Quanah.
Professor Brightman was the founder and National President of United Native Americans, Inc. a non-profit Indian organization formed in 1968, to promote the progress and general welfare of American Indians.
In his capacity as President of UNA Mr. Brightman testified in two U.S Senate Hearings on the deplorable conditions of Indian boarding schools and hospitals on reservations. And led investigations of seven Indian boarding schools and three Indian hospitals due to the poor service and abusive treatment of Indian people.
Expected, but sad news that Dr, Brightman has walked on. Son, Quanah Parker Brightman shared to news on his Facebook page.
YOU can help with funeral expenses hereLehman L. Brightman was a Sioux and Creek Indian who was born on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. He was the father of three boys -- Lehman Jr., Gall , who preceded him in death and Quanah.
Professor Brightman was the founder and National President of United Native Americans, Inc. a non-profit Indian organization formed in 1968, to promote the progress and general welfare of American Indians.
In his capacity as President of UNA Mr. Brightman testified in two U.S Senate Hearings on the deplorable conditions of Indian boarding schools and hospitals on reservations. And led investigations of seven Indian boarding schools and three Indian hospitals due to the poor service and abusive treatment of Indian people.
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFFS FALSELY IMPRISONED SOBOBA TRIBAL COUNCIL
From the Press Enterprise....
The Soboba tribe of Southern California claims the Riverside County sheriff violated its sovereignty, terrorized its people, falsely imprisoned its tribal council and coerced officials into handing over hundreds of hours of surveillance video while investigating a missing-person case.
Relying on two illegal search warrants, Sheriff Stanley Smith “deployed a SWAT team, helicopter, canine units, and countless … officers and vehicles, all for the purpose of downloading video surveillance and searching a single site on the reservation,” the tribe says in its federal complaint.
The four-day ordeal — involving “low-altitude hovering and flights over the Soboba Reservation by [a sheriff’s] helicopter” and “numerous vehicles and heavily armed officers” surrounding the administration building — “terrorized and intimidated the Soboba Reservation community, necessitated the closing of two nearby tribal schools,” the tribe says.
The Soboba tribe of Southern California claims the Riverside County sheriff violated its sovereignty, terrorized its people, falsely imprisoned its tribal council and coerced officials into handing over hundreds of hours of surveillance video while investigating a missing-person case.
Relying on two illegal search warrants, Sheriff Stanley Smith “deployed a SWAT team, helicopter, canine units, and countless … officers and vehicles, all for the purpose of downloading video surveillance and searching a single site on the reservation,” the tribe says in its federal complaint.
The four-day ordeal — involving “low-altitude hovering and flights over the Soboba Reservation by [a sheriff’s] helicopter” and “numerous vehicles and heavily armed officers” surrounding the administration building — “terrorized and intimidated the Soboba Reservation community, necessitated the closing of two nearby tribal schools,” the tribe says.
Monday, June 19, 2017
SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUS: The REDSKINS WIN, with HelP from.....THE SLANTS
The result: UNANIMOUS Verdict 8-0, Gorsuch not involved. READ the decision HERE
The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) denied the
application based on a provision of federal law prohibiting
the registration of trademarks that may “disparage . . . or
bring . . . into contemp[t] or disrepute” any “persons, living
or dead.” 15 U. S. C. §1052(a). We now hold that this
provision violates the Free Speech Clause of the First
Amendment. It offends a bedrock First Amendment principle:
Speech may not be banned on the ground that it expresses ideas that offend
and
While the government may discriminate based on viewpoint when it comes to speech that is treated as the government’s own speech, trademarks are private speech (albeit protected by the government against certain forms of infringement) and not government speech.
Decision:
Decision:
RYAN ZINKE to SHAKE UP Dept. of Interior
Looks like Ryan Zinke will make major shakeups at the Department of Interior INCLUDING the Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to a Washington Post story
From the article:
...Reassignment of Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Weldon “Bruce” Loudermilk, acting assistant secretary of Indian affairs Michael S. Black and acting special trustee for American Indians Debra L. DuMontier.
A move at the top is ONE thing, but the suspicious activities in the BIA Regional Offices is quite another.
GOOD MOVE here, or bad?
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From the article:
...Reassignment of Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Weldon “Bruce” Loudermilk, acting assistant secretary of Indian affairs Michael S. Black and acting special trustee for American Indians Debra L. DuMontier.
A move at the top is ONE thing, but the suspicious activities in the BIA Regional Offices is quite another.
GOOD MOVE here, or bad?
Sunday, June 18, 2017
Nooksack Tribe Turmoil: BOB KELLY Should Resign in SHAME. DO ONE HONORABLE THING
For nearly five years, we've published stories about the issues at the NOOKSACK TRIBE. They currently are having their rights STRIPPED from them, due to the actions of BOB KELLY and his handling of the NOOKSACK 306 disenrollment including abusing their children.
His violation of the tribe's constitution has led to the closure of one casino last year and NOW THIS:
Closure of the second casino, and the Feds are taking over the administration of health care for all. IS THIS WHAT the NOOKSACK PEOPLE WANT?
LOOK WITHIN people of Nooksack. Bring the TRIBE together, run the tribe for the good of ALL. You are losing your rights, your tribe and your HONOR...for BOB KELLY?
#StopDisenrollment
His violation of the tribe's constitution has led to the closure of one casino last year and NOW THIS:
Closure of the second casino, and the Feds are taking over the administration of health care for all. IS THIS WHAT the NOOKSACK PEOPLE WANT?
#StopDisenrollment
UPDATE Dr. LEHMAN BRIGHTMAN VICTIM of ELDER ABUSE/Substandard Care at Kindred Walnut Creek Says Quanah Parker Brightman
We've written in the past about the failing health of famed Native American activist Dr. Lehman Brightman, now comes even more disturbing news that he is victim to elder abuse, via the lack of competent care, at KINDRED WALNUT CREEK suffering from stage 4 bedsores, due to lack of turning and care
PLEASE help at the family GOFUNDME PAGE
Quanah Parker Brightman, executive director of United Native Americans, advocates and cares for his father. He brings voice for his father, accusing county worker Katherine Riso, of laziness, as his county appointed conservator.
He has appeared before the Contra Costa Country Supervisors shown here and calls out RISO. Just last week. Why does there need threats of lawsuits to get county supervisors to act?
Might there be some justice here? Who among you knows a good attorney who can take a case on contingency?
Chief Brightman NEEDS help from Indian Country.
#elderabuse
#PleaseContiunePrayingForChiefLehmanBrightman
I HOPE this photo disturbs ALL of you. Enough to call the Hospital president who is Colleen McKeown
925-295-5888
Her exec asst is Christy ELliot 925-7606
Her office opens at 8:30 am call them right away.
Patient advocate ombusdsman is Jean Ingram 925-295-7789
UPDATE: Nearing the end of a very full life...
Friday, June 16, 2017
EPA COVER-UP in NAVAJO NATION MINE DISASTER: Blind Eye to the Truth
A lengthy article, albeit very short on it's impact on TRIBAL TERRITORY, on some REAL COVER-UP activity, by the EPA in the Gold KING disaster in 2015...
In August 2015, an EPA crew inexplicably dug out the rock and rubble “plug” to the long abandoned Gold King Mine, triggering a massive blowout that flooded the Animas River with 3 million gallons of acid mine drainage and, according to the EPA, over 550 tons of metals.
Had the EPA actually been doing what it claims it did, the disaster would never have happened. However, it seems the EPA could not allow its reputation to be tarnished with the truth.
TRUMP GETS SOVEREIGNTY RIGHT...on CUBA. REJECT the OPPRESSORS...and REJECT the Oppressors Who Wield TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY LIKE A CLUB
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Don't look at me like that. He NAILED IT. (blind squirrel....?) In today's speech on Cuba, in overturning the policy of former President Barack Obama he stated:
"We all accept that all nations have the right to chart their own paths. I'm certainly a VERY big believer in that."
"So we will RESPECT Cuban Sovereinty, but we will never turn our backs on the Cuban people. That will NOT HAPPEN"
This is exactly what the TRIBAL NATIONS have done to the over 11,000 Native Americans who have been harmed by their OWN oppressive regimes. AVOIDANCE has DONE NOTHING to protect the rights and resources of those of us harmed.
We've posted and re-posted what can be done to express MORAL OUTRAGE to a level that may change minds of those oppressive leaders and I wrote this to Sheryl Lightfoots piece:
Frankly, economic sanctions of another nation, plus public embarrassment may be the only course of action that is effective. For instance, in South Africa, it was their SOVEREIGN RIGHT as a free nation to impose apartheid on their country, yet, thankfully, at the urging of the Congressional Black Caucus, we stood up for black South Africans.
TRUMP CONTINUES: "The American people have rejected the Cuban people's oppressors. They are rejected, officially today, they are rejected.
REJECT Native American regimes that OPPRESS their people. Pechanga, Redding, Pala, Hopland, Rincon, San Pasqual, Picayune, Nooksack to NAME BUT A FEW.
As Dr. David Wilkins put it.. NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS ARE MIA
NOOKSACK Corrupt Council Taking HITS from ALL DIRECTIONS: LOSE BATTLE in EVICTION CASE
I'll take, when it RAINS it POURS on Nooksack for $1,000 ALEX...
Auntie Margretty Rabang WINS AGAIN against the BOB KELLY Faction who just took a major hit from the NIGC
"Defendants are instructed to preserve the status quo by abstaining from any action in furtherance of the eviction of Plaintiffs Margretty Rabang and Robert Rabang, absent further order of the Court."
Wouldn't an HONORABLE leader...RESIGN?
NIGC order CLOSURE FOR NOOKSACK GAMING and NORTHWOOD CASINO
BOOM!
Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), Jonodev O. Chaudhuri, issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) and immediate Closure Order against the Nooksack Tribe’s gaming operation, the Northwood Casino, in Deming, Washington.
The NOV resulted from a thorough and multi-faceted investigation by the NIGC that identified numerous violations of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), NIGC regulations and the Nooksack Tribal Gaming Ordinance. The NOV details the violations as:
The Tribe failed to maintain its sole proprietary interest and responsibility for the conduct of any gaming activity.
The Tribe failed to submit the required attestation certifying that the construction and maintenance of the gaming facility adequately protects the environment and public health and safety.
The Tribe failed to maintain and operate the gaming facility in a manner that adequately protects the environment and public health and safety, which is evident in orders issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) detailing significant deficiencies of the Safe Drinking Water Act that have occurred at six water systems, including the Northwood Casino Water System.
The Tribe failed to perform required licensing actions for members of the Nooksack Business Corporation II (NBCII) who are primary management officials of the Northwood Casino.
“We do not take lightly the issuance of notices of violation and closure orders against tribal gaming operations. We are taking this significant enforcement action only after a complete analysis of the unique circumstances involved, including a full review of the structure of the Tribe’s governing and business bodies. The violations set forth in the Notice compromise the integrity of the Northwood Casino and the gaming industry as a whole, diminish the sole prioprietry interests of the Tribe, threaten the health and safety of the public, and impede the Tribe’s ability to make necessary decisions to administer their operations.” Chaudhuri said.
In order to correct the ongoing violations, the Nooksack Tribe must comply with all licensing requirements, submit the required construction and maintenance attestation, and take corrective action to resolve the EPA violations. The Tribe could face civil penalty violations in the amount of $50,276 for each violation per day of occurrence until corrected.
The full Notice of Violations and Closure Order is available here.
Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), Jonodev O. Chaudhuri, issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) and immediate Closure Order against the Nooksack Tribe’s gaming operation, the Northwood Casino, in Deming, Washington.
The NOV resulted from a thorough and multi-faceted investigation by the NIGC that identified numerous violations of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), NIGC regulations and the Nooksack Tribal Gaming Ordinance. The NOV details the violations as:
The Tribe failed to maintain its sole proprietary interest and responsibility for the conduct of any gaming activity.
The Tribe failed to submit the required attestation certifying that the construction and maintenance of the gaming facility adequately protects the environment and public health and safety.
The Tribe failed to maintain and operate the gaming facility in a manner that adequately protects the environment and public health and safety, which is evident in orders issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) detailing significant deficiencies of the Safe Drinking Water Act that have occurred at six water systems, including the Northwood Casino Water System.
The Tribe failed to perform required licensing actions for members of the Nooksack Business Corporation II (NBCII) who are primary management officials of the Northwood Casino.
“We do not take lightly the issuance of notices of violation and closure orders against tribal gaming operations. We are taking this significant enforcement action only after a complete analysis of the unique circumstances involved, including a full review of the structure of the Tribe’s governing and business bodies. The violations set forth in the Notice compromise the integrity of the Northwood Casino and the gaming industry as a whole, diminish the sole prioprietry interests of the Tribe, threaten the health and safety of the public, and impede the Tribe’s ability to make necessary decisions to administer their operations.” Chaudhuri said.
In order to correct the ongoing violations, the Nooksack Tribe must comply with all licensing requirements, submit the required construction and maintenance attestation, and take corrective action to resolve the EPA violations. The Tribe could face civil penalty violations in the amount of $50,276 for each violation per day of occurrence until corrected.
The full Notice of Violations and Closure Order is available here.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
NCAI MARKETPLACE: Another Major Event that IGNORES the ABUSES of NATIVE AMERICANS...BY Native Americans
Another MAJOR EVENT for the NCAI (National Congress of American Indians) and another round of SILENCE by not discussing the corrupt and abusive actions of some tribes: Pala, Pechanga, San Pasqual, Nooksack, Redding Rancheria, the Cherokee Freedmen issue to name a few.
The NCAI is alarmingly silent on the scourge of disenrollment that has ripped the hearts from Native People, much more than the moniker of a football team they railed against so vociferously. Professor David Wilkins called them out...remember
REALLY, NCAI? Have you called tribes who have disenrolled and spoke to them about the THOUSANDS of Native Americans who have had their heritage wiped away? AT LEAST have the DISCUSSION, but alas, their AGENDA has no mention.....again
Learn More on Disenrollment, Ethnic Cleansing in Indian Gaming Country at these Links:Gaming Revenue Blamed for Disenrollment
Disenrollment is paper Genocide
Read the ICT article on NOOKSACK here
CA Tribal Cleansing
TRIBAL TERRORISM includes Banishment
Nooksack Disenrollment
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Emilio Reyes, Native American Activist Discusses His FRUSTRATION with BIA FAILURES on Freedom of Information Act Requests
We wrote about this issue before in Bureau of Indian Affairs Pulling Okey Doke which garnered a lot of views from the BIA (ruh-Roh). I've asked my friend Emilio Reyes, who has been working tirelessly for the benefit of many Native Americas researching their history, his own, and JUSTICE against a corrupt government entitity charge with looking out for all NATIVE AMERICANS, not just chiefs and chairmen, to share what he's been experiencing.
EMILIO REYES:
Just recently I did a FOIA request to know how the Bureau of Indian Affairs has handled some of my recent requests. This is what I found out:
For those who don't know what I do, I been conducing a lot a of research on the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Some repositories include the National Archives, public libraries, online collections and Freedom of Information Act Requests.
> I started doing research five years ago when I found out my genealogy didn't match the Bureau of Indian Affairs records. There will a story to that soon.
Turns out on this particular request where I am requesting the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide their internal emails, I honestly found some of the most disturbing comments.
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| Emilio Reyes on the Path to JUSTICE |
Just recently I did a FOIA request to know how the Bureau of Indian Affairs has handled some of my recent requests. This is what I found out:
For those who don't know what I do, I been conducing a lot a of research on the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Some repositories include the National Archives, public libraries, online collections and Freedom of Information Act Requests.
> I started doing research five years ago when I found out my genealogy didn't match the Bureau of Indian Affairs records. There will a story to that soon.
Turns out on this particular request where I am requesting the Bureau of Indian Affairs to provide their internal emails, I honestly found some of the most disturbing comments.
BIA, Weldon Loudermilk, Amy Dutschke and Javin Moore SUED for Civil Rights Violations, Fraud and Conspiracy By San Pasqual
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| Bureau of Indian Affairs Pro Indian, or just SOME Indians |
Issues of abuses by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) at San Pasqual are reaching critical mass for both San Pasqual members AND the descendants that have been denied their rights as Indians, so that NON Indians can benefit.
Amy Dutschke, a Miwok, Allen Lawson & Cheryl Calac have 1/32 Mesa Grande blood, but they have 1/8 Miwok blood through their mother, Lena Montes.
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| Amy Dutschke and Ursula Never seen together..coincidence? |
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
National Indian Gaming Commission FAILURES ARE A THREAT TO TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY
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HAROLD MONTEAU writes in INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY AGAIN about the failures of the NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING COMMISSION
The greatest threat to tribal sovereignty is the failure of tribes to abide by the laws they have made to govern themselves when the application of those laws do not give individuals or governing bodies the result they desire. Observing the Rule of Law only when it suits your needs or desires is actually lawlessness. It is no excuse that we live in a country whose government has been drifting into lawlessness powered by the corrupting influence of money. Tribal nations need to rise above and set and keep a higher standard.
These are dangerous times for Indian tribes with tribal sovereignty and sovereign immunity under fire, sometimes because of abuses by the tribes themselves. Employing tribal sovereign immunity to victimize and disenroll tribal members is just one of those abuses, sometimes aided by the inaction of the Federal trustee which has trust obligations to Indian tribes and their aggregate individual Indian members.
Like the rest of Indian Country, I have followed with interest how a small faction of Nooksack ‘leadership,’ and its non-Indian and Indian surrogates, have gutted the entire Nooksack Tribal Government and Tribal Courts in the process of disenrolling about 300 Nooksack Indians from the tribe, in an attempt to maintain control by what is known as the Holdover Council. After a long history of having turned its back on thousands of disenrolled Indians and flouting its trust responsibility to disenrolled Indians for decades, the United States has finally said enough is enough. It will not recognize a tribal decision to disenroll some 300 tribal members by a tribal council sitting in violation of its own constitution and laws.
READ the full article a the link above and more about the NIGC HERE
READ the full article a the link above and more about the NIGC HERE
Friday, June 2, 2017
Grand Ronde Tribal Chair REYN LENO, Who Lead UNSUCCESSFUL Disenrollment Fight, WILL NOT SEEK RE-Election
OPB Hall of Shame inductee Reyn Leno, chairman of the Grand Ronde, has announced he WILL NOT seek re-election in 2017.
An emotional Reyn Leno announced during the Wednesday, May 31, Tribal Council meeting that he will not seek re-election in 2017, ending 21 years of service on Tribal Council.
Leno, whose seventh consecutive three-year term on Tribal Council ends in September, said he will be on a plane to Hawaii with his grandchildren when Tribal Council candidates are nominated on Sunday, June 25. Leno, 66, was first elected to Tribal Council in September 1996.
He served as Tribal Council vice chair for 11 years before being elevated to Tribal Council chair by his fellow council members in September 2012. His 21 years on Tribal Council is the most of any Tribal member who has been elected by the membership since 1983’s Restoration. -
Read the full announcement, with no mention of the disenrollment failure here
An emotional Reyn Leno announced during the Wednesday, May 31, Tribal Council meeting that he will not seek re-election in 2017, ending 21 years of service on Tribal Council.
Leno, whose seventh consecutive three-year term on Tribal Council ends in September, said he will be on a plane to Hawaii with his grandchildren when Tribal Council candidates are nominated on Sunday, June 25. Leno, 66, was first elected to Tribal Council in September 1996.
He served as Tribal Council vice chair for 11 years before being elevated to Tribal Council chair by his fellow council members in September 2012. His 21 years on Tribal Council is the most of any Tribal member who has been elected by the membership since 1983’s Restoration. -
Read the full announcement, with no mention of the disenrollment failure here
NOOKSACK TRIBE Surrenders Health Care to Indian Health Services
The tribe has been denying those services to roughly 300 people that it disenrolled around Thanksgiving.
The tribe hasn't had a legal government for over a year and the federal government is not recognizing the disenrollments.
Dean Seyler is the director of Indian Health Services in Portland. He said his agency is stepping in to make sure everyone, including the disenrolled, have access to services.
"Federal law states that you will provide them health care. And then it got to the point we're at today," he said.
Because the tribe doesn't have a legal government, it can no longer sign off on $2.4 million from IHS.
IHS will now send Nooksack tribal members, including the disenrolled, to a Community Health Center in Bellingham starting in June.
Tribal member Carmen Tageant voiced her concerns about the current tribal clinic during the meeting with IHS Wednesday.
"If we have an actual governing body and have an election, are we going to get our money back? Are we going to be able to save our Nooksack tribal clinic?"
IHS says it will revisit the issue if and when the tribe has a functioning government. In the meantime, tribal services will be taken over by June 13.
The tribe hasn't had a legal government for over a year and the federal government is not recognizing the disenrollments.
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| Nooksack Protests |
Dean Seyler is the director of Indian Health Services in Portland. He said his agency is stepping in to make sure everyone, including the disenrolled, have access to services.
"Federal law states that you will provide them health care. And then it got to the point we're at today," he said.
Because the tribe doesn't have a legal government, it can no longer sign off on $2.4 million from IHS.
IHS will now send Nooksack tribal members, including the disenrolled, to a Community Health Center in Bellingham starting in June.
Tribal member Carmen Tageant voiced her concerns about the current tribal clinic during the meeting with IHS Wednesday.
"If we have an actual governing body and have an election, are we going to get our money back? Are we going to be able to save our Nooksack tribal clinic?"
IHS says it will revisit the issue if and when the tribe has a functioning government. In the meantime, tribal services will be taken over by June 13.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Disenrolled Saginaw Chippewa AWAIT Judge's Decision. WIll the ANCESTORS be HONORED, or DISMEMBERED?
Kristi Potter, Saginaw Chippewa wants justice, not only for herself but for her ancestors.
Potter believes Public Law 99-346 of 1986 waived the Tribe’s immunity when it accepted the transfer of funds in creating an investment account, and that the Tribe violated the Indian Civil Rights Act in disenrolling the Lown/Fowler/Wheaton families.
Attorney Paula M. Fisher, who is representing the Fowler/Wheaton families in the appeal, likens the disenrollment to the treaties that the federal government made with tribes and failed to honor, only in reverse.
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| Tribal Disenrollment Dishonors the Ancestors |
Potter believes Public Law 99-346 of 1986 waived the Tribe’s immunity when it accepted the transfer of funds in creating an investment account, and that the Tribe violated the Indian Civil Rights Act in disenrolling the Lown/Fowler/Wheaton families.
Attorney Paula M. Fisher, who is representing the Fowler/Wheaton families in the appeal, likens the disenrollment to the treaties that the federal government made with tribes and failed to honor, only in reverse.
Dr. David Wilkins New Book DISMEMBERED is Available on AMAZON : Disenrollment Analysis Please Buy and Read
Our friend Dr. David Wilkins has his book DISMEMBERED out for sale And I bought my copy.
While the number of federally recognized Native nations in the United States are increasing, the population figures for existing tribal nations are declining. This depopulation is not being perpetrated by the federal government, but by Native governments that are banishing, denying, or disenrolling Native citizens at an unprecedented rate.
I was THRILLED to be mentioned in the acknowledgements, along with our friends Cathy Cory of Chukchansi and Mark and Carla Maslin, who is from the Redding Rancheria. And Gene and Alice Langton-Sloan, who are subject of a post from this morning are also included.
While the number of federally recognized Native nations in the United States are increasing, the population figures for existing tribal nations are declining. This depopulation is not being perpetrated by the federal government, but by Native governments that are banishing, denying, or disenrolling Native citizens at an unprecedented rate.
I was THRILLED to be mentioned in the acknowledgements, along with our friends Cathy Cory of Chukchansi and Mark and Carla Maslin, who is from the Redding Rancheria. And Gene and Alice Langton-Sloan, who are subject of a post from this morning are also included.
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