Pechanga works to end being associated with the historical traumas of our ancestors, yet is willingly blind to the CURRENT TRAUMA they have perpetrated on our ancestor's descendants. WHY is...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2024/02/pechanga-chairman-mark-macarros.html
Thank you to the loyal readers of my ORIGINAL PECHANGA BLOG. I've been away from this blog on tribal disenrollment for far too long. At my age, I've given 17 years to it, ...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2024/01/preserving-heritage-or-perpetuating.html
Navajo law enforcement teams made contact with several hundred Native Americans from various tribes who are living on the streets in the metro Phoenix area, after the state cracked down on ...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/06/270-native-americans-majority-navajo.html
Or, is it the NEW Indian WayThe issue of disenrollment of Native Americans from their tribes is demands urgent attention from both tribal communities and the federal government. Disenr...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/indian-country-must-light-path-to.html
Another day, another academician caught in a LIE about their use of false native ancestry to get ahead. Elizabeth HooverUC Berkeley Professor Why do people want to be like Elizabe...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/05/elizabeth-hoover-berkeley-professora.html
BOOM! JUSTICE for Saginaw Chippewa family as tribe DROPS their disenrollment actions against them.An Isabella County family that has been fighting Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe ...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/saginaw-chippewa-ends-disenrollment.html
Dear Senator,I am writing to bring attention to the urgent issue of tribal disenrollment and the abuse of Native American people by their own tribes. This is a matter of great concern and require...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/letter-to-senate-indian-committee-on.html
BE A LEADERNative American Tribal Leaders, at long last, have you left no sense of decency? As elected officials, you have a responsibility to protect the rights of your citizens, and that includ...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/native-american-leaders-must-act-now.html
As long as I am disenrolled, I will continue to fight for my ancestors rights and my descendants, and I will keep asking for YOU to join the fight for us.Why WE ALL Should Care About Disenrollmen...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/why-scourge-of-tribal-disenrollment-is.html
We cannot allow the Tribal Nation of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi to continue disenrolling its own citizens and denying them their civil rights. It is time for us to take acti...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/boycott-chukchansi-gold-casino-and-prci.html
NBA star Kawhi Leonard’s sister has been given a life sentence in prison without the possibility of parole for the killing of an elderly woman.Kimesha Williams — the Clippers superstar’s si...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/pechanga-casino-murder-kawhi-leonards.html
We protested last year at the NCAI Marketplace, and confronted NCAI's Vice President Mark Macarro over his tribe's denial and ending of tribal citizenship. The adoption of Resolution 2...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/ncais-credibility-at-risk-failure-to.html
Color me NOT SHOCKED. that the CA Democrat Party accepts donations/sponsorships from APARTHEID system, civil rights abusing tribe (shown here on Pg 17) While researching some iss...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/ca-democrat-party-accepts.html
Dear Governor Gavin Newsom,I am writing to urge you to impose a ban for all government employees on travel to and attending any function at a tribal casino enterprise where civil and human ...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/gov-gavin-newsom-urgent-request-to-ban.html
Members of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians who were targeted for disenrollment earlier this year were kickedout of the tribe in March — and now a new group of more than 60 me...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/cas-chukchansi-tribe-continues.html
Sample not for use as CDIBWe have written on the BIA/CDIB Issue a few times linked here:NCAI Takes A STAND on BIA's CDIB FOIBLES & Failures and Gabe Galanda: The BIA's BLOOD...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/bia-acts-in-arbitrary-and-capricious.html
Disenrollment is a widespread issue that plagues over 80 Native American communities and represents a despicable abuse of power and a clear violation of human rights.Tribal disenrollment is a hei...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/fighting-for-fairness-and-justice-in.html
Coming from noted genealogist and current Cherokee Nation leadership candidate David Cornsilk this Friday, April 14 at 11 a.m. ET at Indiana University and via Zoom simultaneously.David wro...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/cherokee-genealogist-david-cornsilk-on.html
Here's a letter you can copy and fill in to send to your Congressperson See HOW TO CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSPERSONDear Members of Congress,I am writing to express my grave concern ab...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/congress-urged-to-take-action-on.html
Disenrollment of indigenous people is a grave injustice that must be addressed by those purporting to support and defend Native Americans. This despicable practice, the stripping of tribal citize...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/10000-native-americans-disenrolled-and.html
Doing the right thing isn't HARDAttention all defenders of civil rights! Have you ever felt powerless in the face of corruption and mistreatment by tribal councils? Are you tired of seeing ...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/how-to-fight-dark-side-of-tribal.html
The celebration of Easter is a reminder of the forgiveness of sins and the hope of eternal life that is available to believers through Jesus Christ. This message of forgiveness and redemption is ...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/easters-message-of-forgiveness-and-hope.html
Proud Pechanga elder Emily Hunter Judkins was profiled in a 1981 newspaper article WHO'S WHO in TEMEKU by Ken Clements.She resided permanently on her portion of the 20 acres that Paul...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/aunt-em-emily-judkins-vaunted-pechanga.html
My uncle David Cuevas, always said the key to our rights was in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The State of California and the Federal Government have violated the treaty, and disenrollin...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/honoring-indigenous-rights-why.html
Native American tribal leaders MUST remember the great injustices and violence inflicted upon the indigenous people of California by colonizers and European settlers. They must recognize the...
http://www.originalpechanga.com/2023/04/honor-legacy-of-our-ancestors-embracing.html