The resort announced the decision to close via its Facebook page, saying that it will give access only to Pechanga Club members and invited guests in an effort to reduce capacity amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. After 8PM, Gold and above will receive priority access - Silver’s access will be granted based on occupancy levels at that time.
High Rollers will be able to take their chance with COVID 19 before all others. Is that a WINNING COMBINATION? Disregard for customer safety sends a message that tribal leaders don't care about the health of their community or the lives of their wealthiest patrons. Unless keeping the riff raff penny slot players is the goal?
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| Pechanga Flag Flown at Standing Rock, Upside Down Showing Tribe Under Distress |
Please, watch, and share this commercial shown on local Los Angeles news today. THANK YOU SAN MANUEL.
The tribe, based in Washington state, has spent more than five years trying to kick hundreds of people off its rolls. The efforts were slowed by litigation and by the refusal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to recognize the Nooksack government as legitimate.
But the tribe has turned the situation around, according to its recently-elected leader. Chairman Ross Cline said the dismissal of the lawsuit last week puts an end to a controversy that has attracted widespread attention in Indian Country and in the national media.
“On behalf of the tribal council and the Nooksack people, I am glad to report the successful conclusion of this dispute over tribal enrollment," Cline said after the decision was handed down on July 31. "Our people will now move forward on our journey of self-government.”
Attorney for the Nooksack 306 Gabriel Galanda has more details on his twitter account @ndnlawyer :
]changed department policy regarding Nooksack elections 'to accommodate inappropriate influence by a lobbyist,' [according] to emails between a DOI lawyer and the lobbyist in early 2018. The corruption at Interior seems stronger than that at Nooksack Stay Tuned
CONGRATULATIONS to REp. Haaland! MOMENTUOUS
A member of Pueblo of Laguna, the 60 year-old Haaland would become the first descendant of the original people to populate North America to run the Interior Department. It marks a turning point for a 171-year-old institution that has often had a fraught relationship with 574 federally recognized tribes.
The first-term House member, who hails from a top oil- and gas-producing state, has pledged to transform the department from a champion of fossil fuel development into a promoter of renewable energy and policies to mitigate climate change.
Interior, which manages roughly one-fifth of land in the United States, will play a critical role in delivering on Biden’s vow to combat global warming. The former vice president has pledged to halt all new oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters, a daunting task that faces both legal and political obstacles. The extraction of oil, gas and coal in these areas account for nearly a quarter of the nation’s annual carbon output.
After leading the charge to victory for the Cherokee Freedmen in their landmark treaty rights case, Marilyn Vann has announce her candidacy for an AT LARGE Council position for the Cherokee Nation.
So happy to hear this news. I've "known" Marilyn for over a decade online and I help support her fight for the rights of the Cherokee Freedmen.
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| Marilyn Vann Cherokee |
Native American groups urged ABC Studios executives to end their silence and engage with them in direct dialogue, cautioning against making token gestures to try to brush off how their program “Big Sky” miscasts the threat of violence against women in the region where the show is fictionally set.
LADY JUSTICE REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT was due Nov. 26 here it is. Is it just me, or does it seem like only.....FLUFF?
The Trump administration is holding an "off the record" call to discuss the Operation Lady Justice report that was due November 26.
The call is taking place a day after Indianz asked about the missing #MMIW report, which has not been publicly released.
Wilton Rancheria is the only federally recognized tribe in Sacramento County and has some 700 members. More than half are jobless, tribal officials told The Sacramento Bee in 2019.
We've written about the Wilton Rancheria numerous times. They have disenrolled their people and you can find those stories at these links.a
HRVMI Chairwoman Lisa Jimenez Speaks To City ON BIA Corruption and Wilton's Subterfuge
Wilton Rancheria Elk Grove Subterfuge
The Story of Disenrolled Longtime Members of Wilton Rancheria: ELK GROVE BLUE
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| Pechanga Elder Lawrence Madariaga Died While Disenrolled - Too Late for Justice |
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| MARY PARKS |
I had some interactions, news wise with Mary Parks and of course watched for work for years. This is a BIG loss to news fans...
I'm thankful for those who continue to fight for justice for Native Americans that have been harmed by their tribes. Each one of you that remains in the fight, are helping those who have given up, or lost interest. I'm thankful that young social justice warriors are picking up the mantle... Each SHARE of this blog on social media, INFORMS more people. EACH tag of government representatives puts them ON NOTICE. PLEASE, remain involved, stay active.
The Britten Descendants arbitrarily had their Degree of Indian Blood LOWERED by the Executive Committee of the Pala Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California. They were seeking their disenrollment, but the two issues can be separated.
THIS IS AN ISSUE OF WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE DEGREE OF INDIAN BLOOD.
The allowing of a Tribal authority to determine Degree of Indian Blood is not only a serious matter but one that will have serious consequences for the United States, State Governments, Indian Tribes and Individual Indians.
The United States is, as a matter of its sovereign power and under the Doctrine of Pre-Emption, the entity with the sole authority to determine the Degree of Indian Blood of an individual Indian.
THE PALA MATTER
We've had some issues with former Secretary Washburn... read the links here
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn, after more than three years of leadership, will conclude his service to the Department and will return to the faculty of the University of New Mexico School of Law in January. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Lawrence “Larry” Roberts will lead Indian Affairs for the remainder of the Obama Administration.
SEE THESE LINKS ON WASHBURN and DISENROLLMENT:
Washburn Can't be Serious Part ONE
Washburn Can't be SERIOUS Part TWO
Washburn Can't be SERIOUS Part Three
Washburn Can't be Serious Part FOUR
This is great news. NBC uses the term, unenrolled, but it's disenrollment in fact. We've had many stories on the Creek Freedmen
When Rhonda Grayson was growing up in Oklahoma, summer visits to her grandparents' house in Wewoka meant time spent in the kitchen with her grandmother. Together they cooked peach cobbler and traditional Native foods like wild onions, poke salad and hominy, the corn used to make grits.
Cooking was just one way Grayson learned about the rich history and culture of the generations of Black Native Americans who came before her.
"I was always keenly aware of my African ancestry," said Grayson, 51. Part of her lineage was Native, too. "I always knew that we were Creek."'
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| Deb Haaland (D) New Mexico |
The New Mexico Democrat, who is already being vetted for the position, would be the first Native American Cabinet secretary in the nation’s history. It's a long time coming and will help make the empty promises of Presidents a thing of the past.
You can make history by giving Native Americans a seat at the Cabinet table for the first time,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter, obtained by POLITICO on Thursday.
The letter, led by Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), the chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, was delivered to the Biden transition team this week. Grijalva also endorsed Haaland for the post this week in a letter to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Read the Politico article here
Maria TallChieft is America's first Prima Ballerina.
At age 17, she moved to New York City in search of a spot with a major ballet company, and, at the urging of her superiors, took the name Maria Tallchief. She spent the next five years with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, where she met choreographer George Balanchine. When Balanchine co-founded what would become the New York City Ballet in 1946, Tallchief became the company's first star.[5]
The combination of Balanchine's difficult choreography and Tallchief's passionate dancing revolutionized the ballet. Her 1949 role in The Firebird catapulted Tallchief to the top of the ballet world, establishing her as a prima ballerina. Her role as the Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker transformed the ballet from obscure to America's most popular.
THE Spirits of our ancestors and find a bit of hope today, from an unlikely source, The National Congress of American Indians.
Today, for the first time in its 76 years, resolved to affirm the inherent sovereign right of Native Nations to decide who belongs as citizens, and to recognize the Indigenous human/civil right to belong, free from discrimination. NCAI will form a Task Force.
Recognition of the right to belong, needs to HAPPEN. We can't have a one term enrollment "committee" decide who is Native or not.
READ THE RESOLUTION
We have written for years about the National Congress of American Indians avoidance of the question of tribal diseenrollment, which strips the rights to belong of over 10,000 Native Americans Read Pechanga Casino News Report.... to see video of what's happening. Now, indigenous attorney Gabriel Galanda writes that NOW, after hundreds of elders have walked on without justice, the NCAI is bringing the issue up.
But, is it to protect tribal citizens from the abuse of their own corrupt leaders? WHO PROTECTS THE DISENROLLED from the ABUSES of disenrollment? At Pechanga, their own hired expert confirmed that MY ancestor had more right of belong to Pechanga than ANY OTHER FAMILY.
NCAI will convene its annual meeting on Monday and consider a Tribal citizenship protection Resolution, at the urging of a broad coalition of former NCAI Presidents, Native Nations, inter-Tribal organizations, and Indigenous leaders, educators, and advocates.
Pechanga News New Years Eve is cancelled at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, CA. Additonally Events schedule for the first quarter of 2021 have been postponed. Continuing concerns over the Chinese coronavirus which has affected our nation for eight months has led to this decision
Previously, Pechanga officials had hoped to bring back entertainment early in 2021. Chaka Khan, Hotel California – A Salute to the Eagles and Pitbull were among the shows scheduled for the first three months of the year. Those shows have been canceled according to Pechanga’s website, but new show dates may be announced for them in the future, according to the release.
People who have tickets to postponed shows may keep their existing tickets to be honored for the rescheduled events, but those who have tickets for canceled shows should seek refunds before Dec. 31, 2020, the release said.
Image created by Pechanga descendant Sophia C.
Children who were newborns when Pechanga disenrolled the first family in 2004 are now 16 year olds, no longer able to be part of the tribal community, that even adopted members children enjoy. Blood members stripped of their rightful place in the tribe.
Leaders bring their tribes together. Sadly, tribal strongmen like Mark Macarro, Robert Smith of Pala, Allan Lawson of San Pasqual don’t think a larger tribe is a good thing. Macarro still has a moratorium on membership, including his own cousin
The Indian way means nothing to them. The CASINO INDIAN WAY, IS ALL THEY KNOW.
Indigenous Attorney Gabriel Galanda of the prestigious Galanda Broadman law firm had this message on his twitter feed. Let's hope for some good discussion, and resolution the recognizes the abuse of over 11,000 living Native Americans.
Remember, SOVEREIGN RIGHT does not make the action right.
@NCAI Indigenous Belonging & Tribal Citizenship Resolution now in circulation. Supporters thus far:
— Gabe Galanda, Indigenous Rights Lawyer (@NDNlawyer) October 19, 2020
Former NCAI President Ron Allen
Robinson Rancheria
National Urban Indian Family Coalition @janeencomenote
UC Boulder's First Peoples Worldwide
Arizona Law's @iplp@ProfEagleWoman
The exposure of the tribe’s racist past is largely the work of 30-year-old Essex County resident Jasmine N. Anderson, who has spent more than five years quietly working to gain recognition for herself and her relatives. They are members of the Dungee family that was banished from the tribe between 1865 and 1871 after a member opened a free school for newly freed slaves near the reservation.
“I have undisputed, direct ancestral ties to four Pamunkey Indian lines,” Ms. Anderson said.
That includes her six-times great-grandfather, Joseph Dungee Jr., and his brother, Jesse Dungee (also spelled Dungey and Dungy), a farmer and minister who represented King William County in the General Assembly from 1871 to 1873, and gained recognition as both a Pamunkey and as an African-American legislator.
President Donald Trump released a statement indicating his support for full federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe in southeastern North Carolina.
“As President, I am committed to looking out for the needs of every American, including those of Native American heritage. For more than a century, the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina has sought federal recognition, but has been met with indifference and red tape,” Trump’s statement reads.
The president said he supported S.1368, the Lumbee Recognition Act, a bill sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr and Sen. Thom Tillis to extend services and benefits provided to members of the recognized tribes.
“After consultation with Sen. Thom Tillis, Rep. Dan Bishop, and other members of the North Carolina congressional delegation, I am announcing my full support for S.1368, the Lumbee Recognition Act, which would make qualifying members of the Lumbee Tribe eligible for the services and benefits provided to members of federally recognized tribes,” Trump’s statement continued. “Lumbee Nation is forgotten no more!”
Members of the tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland counties would be deemed eligible within the delivery area for the federal services.
Since the casinos reopened, San Diego county public health officials say 112 employees and 196 patrons with confirmed COVID-19 diagnoses visited a local casino within 14 days of their illness. The 308 cases are as of Oct. 5 and include three people who died.
From a report by KFMB news San Diego but here is a video on how Coronavirus (COVID 19) attacks our bodies
Mr. Biden, DO YOU DENOUNCE the APARTHEID system that your endorser, Mark Macarro of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians oversees in Temecula CA?
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Now former GM Gary Hayward of the Redding Rancheria's Win River Casino has be relived of duty because of a "domestic violence" issue. Sadly, his arraignment and charges will be out on local news soon.
President Donald J. Trump was the first president to formally recognize the tragedy of Missing and Murdered Native Americans, when he issued a Proclamation in May of 2019 drawing attention to this issue. Today, he proudly signed into law S. 227, Savanna’s Act, which directs the Department of Justice to develop law enforcement protocols to address the issue, and S. 982, the Not Invisible Act of 2019, which directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice to establish a joint commission on violent crime within and against the Native American community. These two bills reinforce many actions the President has already undertaken to fulfill his promise that Missing and Murdered Native Americans are no longer forgotten.
One study found that Native American women in certain tribal communities are ten times more likely to be murdered than the average American.
