In the trailer for the documentary on tribal disenrollment, YOU'RE NO INDIAN, at the :42 mark, per capita is discussed.
Why talk about money? Because when discussing disenrollment, some people are ONLY interested in how much money is lost. They don't care about the loss of heritage, civil rights, or the abuse of our elders. SO here it is. $1,160,000,000
Disenrolling tribes say that disenrollment isn't about the money (yes, they are lying). Well, as the numbers here for the Pechanga casino prove, disenrollment enriches those remaining. The rest is about controlling power, then you can control OTHER TRIBAL MONEY, like all expenses paid work travel including family, or giving tribal business to your wife's lobbying firm.
From the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians in Temecula CA here is the breakdown of the theft of per capita by the Mark Macarro-led tribal council. Mr. Macarro is the President of the lobbyist group The National Congress of American Indians.
The Hunter family has lost $5,448,000 per person, in per capita payments alone.
We arrived at that figure by taking the last full year (2005) of per capita $268,000/12 months (this includes a yearly bonus) and multiplying that loss times 227 months of disenrollment. 95 adults at the time of disenrollment totals: $5,448,00 EACH. Total loss equals: $571,560,000
The Apis/Manuela Miranda family was disenrolled two years prior in 2004 The per capita was slightly less, about $17,000 per month times 251 months of termination: $4,267,000 times 135 adults equals: $576,045,000
Moratorium People NEVER shared in what was rightfully theirs. The per capita went up to $360,000 per year for those remaining after elimination of 2 large families of tribal citizens. The Petra Tosobol descendants should have been making over $15,000 per month had they been enrolled as they were rightfully entitled. They were over 60 adults.
Despite being the leader of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, Mark Macarro has reportedly excluded members of his own family from the tribe, prioritizing his own personal gain over the well-being of his kin.
Thug members who were involved in drugs, shootings, sexual abuses carjacks still qualified. Pechanga Theft of $1,160,000,000 (That's over ONE BILLION DOLLARS) Includes additional $27 Million in Health Insurance, a so called "Cadillac plan" under the Affordable Care Act.
These totals do not include lost education assistance nor does it account for family members that attained the age of majority. I wanted to keep the numbers static.
I'll gladly update if the tribe wants to give me the current numbers.
CEO Tracy Edwards of Redding Rancheria stated it was always a question that the Foremans belonged. In 2002 before the Foremans disenrollment Mrs Edwards honored Bob Foreman (the tribes 1st tribal chairman) as an Elder of Redding Rancheria and thanked him for his accomplishments for his people and tribe. Why would she do this if the Foremans lineage was always in question? 2004 after the Casino's expansion she ignored the evidence the Foremans brought to her and she even ignored her own private investigators evidence proving the Foremans are descendants of Virginia Timmons. Sad what power and greed does to people.
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