As Emilio reported to me:
In a previous court case, it was determined thru the Court that the BIA CANNOT withhold or redact 1928 CA Indian Applications related to the 1933 Indian Census Roll as they are in the public domain with no restrictions.
The Agency continues to be non-compliant to my FOIA requests, even after the previous win case. The records requested in this FOIA request pertain to a family allegedly claiming affiliation with the Hopland Band of Pomo Indians, but are listed in the early records as Cabazon Indians. Similar story is happening in other tribal bands such as the San Pasqual Band Of Mission Indians.
After a phone call, with Ms. Rogers, where he showed he obviously was well versed on FOIA requests, rules and compliance, was offered a chance to help on their upcoming procedures manual. Proving that the work begins when you are told NO. Do not let them beat YOU into submission. Please Read and SHARE.
Excellent work by my friend Emilio Reyes
Dear Mr. Reyes:Thank you for your request for IA FOIA Public Liaison Services. There are no special forms needed for requesting IA FOIA Public Liaison Services. However to better serve you and streamline our coordination you will need to provide and clarify the information you submitted to contain only the following:
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Mail: Indian Affairs FOIA Public LiaisonU.S. Department of the InteriorAssistant Secretary - Indian AffairsFreedom of Information Act Office1849 C Street, NW, MS-4660-MIB, Washington, DC 20240Please note that the IA FOIA Public Liaison cannot:
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EMILIO REYES: CAN YOU LOOK INTO PALA PLEASE. LOOK INTO THE DISENROLLMENTS AND REMIJO LUGO BEING FROM CAHUILLA BEFORE 1903 WHEN HE WAS HIRED TO BRING DOWN THE CUPENO FROM WARNER SPRINGS TO PALA THEN SAID HE WAS ONE OF THE WARNER RANCH EVICTEES TO GET AN ALLOTMENT IN PALA AND THEN GOT ON THE ROLLS LATER BECAUSE OF IT BUT IS NOT CUPENO. EMILIO REYES PLEASE HELP. WE HAVE THE DOCUMENTS BUT MAYBE YOU CAN FIND MORE OR HELP BRING THIS TO LIGHT. REMIJO LUGO DESCENDANTS SIT ON THE PALA COUNCIL AND STARTED THE DISENROLLMENTS WITH ROBERT SMITH. I Thank You, Thank You in Advance.
Do you have any proof that Remijio Lugo claimed to be a Warner's Ranch Evictee? As far as I can tell the BIA knew all along that he was Cahuilla. They sent his payment for helping move the evictees to his Banning address. He was a teamster and drove a wagon, and was one of the teamsters sent to Warner's Springs for the removal.
The act of Congress that appropriated funds to acquire land for the Mission Indians of Rancho San Jose del Valle (the Agua Caliente Cupeno) said the Secretary could also locate landless and homeless Mission Indians on the land at his discretion. That is how the San Felipe Diegueno (Iipay), Remijio Lugo, and a couple of other questionable persons who may have been Rincon Luiseno were allotted at Pala.
Keep it all straight. It was Frances Muncey of So-Cal Agency who made the recommendation that the new Constitution contain a provision for disenrollment because the Band had to disenroll members before due to false information on their enrollment applications. However, I am pretty certain that Robert Smith told Frances Muncey to put this in the recommendations so he could tell the General Council that the BIA was making them address disenrollment.
It is hard to prove but when the final decision was issued and the BIA ordered PBMI to enroll the Britten descendants Robert Smith decided that the Articles of Association had to go because they gave the BIA authority to order the Band to enroll members, put the Bureau in charge of the membership roll, amendments had to have BIA approval, and the BIA had to approve attorneys.
Robert Smith was on the hunt for a gaming attorney that could help him get a casino, steal the money, and disenroll anyone who opposed him. He already had examples of how other tribes were making it happen, and his buddy Bobby Salgado had taught him all about accepting bribes in exchange for showing favoritism to certain operators that wanted a piece of the action. He started with Karshmer and Associates who help him develop a Constitution, then turned to Howard Dickstein who pulled the strings to get a Casino.
The proof really is that this is how it all happened.
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