tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28873822201132805582026-04-20T07:12:08.053-04:00Original Pechanga Blog<center>Tribal Disenrollment is Tribal INJUSTICE <br>Sovereignty HIDES Egregious Civil and Human Rights Abuses<br>
Stripping Your Own People of Their Rights Is an Atrocity That Must Be EXPOSED and Stopped. <br>TAKE A STAND Against Tribal Disenrollment</center>OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.comBlogger4136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-38835111443828503322026-02-07T12:07:00.000-05:002026-02-07T12:07:44.313-05:00Nancy Guthrie: When an Abduction Triggers a Nation—and When It Doesn’t Like Ashley Heavy RunnerTime to get a bit uncomfortable about a truth we’ve avoided for far too long. For years, Native communities have raised the alarm about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women crisis. Thousands of Native American women have been abducted, disappeared, or killed. And yet, we have never seen the level of resources now being deployed in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie.Same country, Same Crime, VERYOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-57523692524865916872026-02-06T14:30:00.004-05:002026-02-06T14:30:00.116-05:00Watch Pechanga and Pala Disenrollments Being Discussed on Local Los Angeles Television This was from 10 years ago...we got a bit of traction, but not enough. Temecula area media has shied away Share this post, so more people can see it, and fewer people can say, we didn't know. OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-40109482100155760282026-02-06T11:15:00.000-05:002026-02-06T11:15:04.529-05:00A Bloodless Erasure: Disenrollment and Corruption in Indian Country Should NOT BE Swept Under a Blanket A Bloodless Erasure: Disenrollment and Corruption in Indian Country
Across Indian Country, the quiet crisis of disenrollment continues to unfold—one that does not rely on guns or soldiers, yet devastates Native families with equal permanence. Tribal disenrollment has become a tool of erasure, stripping Native people of their citizenship, identity, and connection to their OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-53759888490505788702026-02-04T13:03:00.001-05:002026-02-04T13:03:20.713-05:00Tribal Disenrollment Has Become America’s Unspoken Human Rights Abuse, Why IGNORE the Civil Rights Abuses
The disenrollment of Native Americans from their own tribes is a civil- and human-rights crisis that demands immediate attention—not only from tribal communities, but from the federal government and the national media. Disenrollment is not a bureaucratic dispute or a cultural footnote; it is the forced erasure of people from their identity, history, and legal existence. When governments and OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-8610198625680878632026-02-04T12:06:00.002-05:002026-02-04T12:08:54.661-05:00TRIBAL LEADERS SHOULD SPEAK OUT on Tribal Disenrollment, The Late Ramona Band Chairman Joseph Hamilton DID Readers, I am bringing archived posts from previous years forward. SO MANY are anxious to learn about disenrollment after hearing so much about the documentary "You're No Indian" The Late Chairman Joseph HamiltonRamona Band of Cahuilla Chairman Joseph Hamilton speaks out about disenrollment. I have added some commentary and links. Thank you for standing up, Mr. OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-91724480659399121542026-02-04T09:31:00.003-05:002026-02-04T09:31:49.609-05:00Pechanga Tribe's Enrollment Committee During Disenrollments Were Incompetent or Deliberately Keeping People OutHelping those followers of You're No Indian find more information, this from 2009: CPP is/was the Concerned Pechanga people. a splinter group.A commenter from the CPP faction of Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians routinely tries to shunt aside arguments of the Manuela Miranda family and Hunter family disenrollments as "simply correcting the errors in enrollment."Well, the CPP OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-16763090839606303762026-02-03T11:56:00.000-05:002026-02-03T11:56:34.067-05:00You're No Indian Documentary Continues to Reap Film Festival Awards Please look for it Congratulations to Ryan Flynn and Santana Rabang for the continued success in their documentary You're No Indian, which is showing to sellout audiences, in theaters large and small. It seems like everyone wants to see this film, which discusses the scourge of tribal disenrollment in Casino Indian CountryMake you think there was a reason why the Palm Springs International Film OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-15511839824162872372026-02-02T15:51:00.002-05:002026-02-02T15:51:40.006-05:00Pechanga Resort & Casino Entertainer Trevor Noah Threatened with TRUMP LAWSUIT Last night's Grammy Awards had some fireworks. Purported funny man Trevor Noah, last night made an outlandish remark about President Donald Trump and linked him to Epstein Island, a place he's NEVER BEEN You may remember Noah, from Comedy Central. I remember him being a South African who performed at Pechanga's APARTHEID RESERVATION. I wrote OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-91338671853692259572026-02-01T09:00:00.000-05:002026-02-02T11:34:49.830-05:00Sovereignty IS NOT A SHIELD FOR ABUSE, Tribal Leaders "OH YES IT IS" Native Youth MUST SPEAK OUT THIS PICTURE IS HORRIBLEYes, so is TRIBAL DISENROLLMENTAND ABUSE OF ANCESTORSSovereignty Is Not a Shield for Abuse yet, tribal leaders claim it is. South Africa was a sovereign country, we stood against the apartheid system there. Disenrollment, Silence, and Power: Why Native Youth Should be Demanding Accountability
Ethical governments and businesses are OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-49049664254683684882026-01-27T13:49:00.004-05:002026-01-27T13:49:44.367-05:00City of Angels FILM FESTIVAL to Screen You're No Indian, The Documentary Disenrolling Tribes DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE The Ryan Flynn film tackles the important topic of Tribal disenrollment, the process by which an individual loses their right to be a member of a federally recognized tribe, which has impacted over 11,000 Native Americans and their lineages. If you've missed the screenings, NOW is your chance. You can get tickets here Silence is NOT GOLDEN, it's COMPLICITYOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-75336565310239345022026-01-21T15:35:00.003-05:002026-01-21T15:35:44.006-05:00A THIRD SHOWING of You're NO Indian on Sale NOW, for Fresno CA. Chukchansi Tribe LOOKS DISGRACEFUL GO TO yourenoindian.com It's having so much success, PLEASE pass it on!OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-33709365390339887192026-01-21T15:32:00.002-05:002026-01-21T15:32:58.766-05:00SQUAXIN ISLAND TRIBE'S DISENROLLMENT RULED - - ARBITRARY and CAPRICIOUS This case has been resolved in tribal court, with the court ruling the tribe's decision was arbitrary and capricious. You can see that decision here You can read background here And here is the video of the story here:and APPELLANTS are to REMAIN in the TRIBE!OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-80817804119231216662026-01-15T06:44:00.002-05:002026-01-15T08:07:59.021-05:00Pechanga YOUTH, ASK QUESTIONS. Tribal Gaming Led to Tribal Disenrollment, Self-Reliance Was the Promise. Silence Became the Policy. More than a decade ago, Pechanga Chairman Mark Macarro stood before the people of California asking for support—support for Native American self-reliance. Most Californians understood that message clearly: gaming revenues would be used to strengthen Native communities, protect families, preserve culture, and ensure that no one was left behind. Oh, yes, they promised to help OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-13477312198927471392026-01-13T19:30:00.003-05:002026-01-15T08:07:36.864-05:00CASINO TRIBE'S CREATED A PAPER GENOCIDE With Tribal Disenrollment There's a SONG aboutMy Cousin Kent Appel "Amo'kat to many wrote and sings this song, with music to the tune of Indian Reservation. You can here it here on YOUTUBE A PAPER GENOCIDE (LAMENT OF THE DISENROLLED INDIAN) WORDS BY 'AMO'KAT: To the tune of Indian Reservation, originally by Paul Revere and the Raiders WE WERE ONE INDIAN NATIONWHEN THEY PUT US ON OUR RESERVATIONWE WERE AT ONE WITH OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-7808049034925766842026-01-13T18:00:00.012-05:002026-01-14T16:15:11.366-05:00How Pechanga Tribal Law Was Ignored — and How Justice Can Still Be Restored Part Three of Three PART THREE of THREEHow Justice Can Still Be RestoredThe path forward does not require new law, outside intervention, or loss of sovereignty. Justice can be achieved through lawful, internal means. At least four options exist:Immediate reinstatement of those disenrolled in violation of the 2005 lawFormal acknowledgment by the Tribal Council that the 2006 disenrollment lacked legal OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-57453525621697571152026-01-13T13:17:00.000-05:002026-01-13T13:20:51.461-05:00How Pechanga Tribal Law Was Ignored — and How Justice Can Still Be Restored Part TWO of Three Part TWO of THREEPechanga's Illegal Disenrollment of 2006Despite the repeal of disenrollment procedures effective June 19, 2005, the lineal descendants of Paulina Hunter were disenrolled on March 16, 2006.By that date:The disenrollment procedures no longer existedThe Enrollment Committee had no lawful authority to investigate or actTribal law explicitly protected those already on the OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-58640211322936505012026-01-13T13:16:00.002-05:002026-01-15T08:08:18.123-05:00How Pechanga Tribal Law Was Ignored — and How Justice Can Still Be Restored Part ONE of THREEPart one of three in this series How Pechanga Tribal Law Was Ignored — and How Justice Can Still Be Restored
In June and July of 2005, the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Mission Indians took a decisive step to end disenrollment and restore unity within the Tribe. Through a duly noticed process, the Pechanga General Council—the highest governing authority of the Tribe—passed a petition into bindingOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-65471507176970034342026-01-13T05:11:00.002-05:002026-01-13T05:11:25.866-05:00Homecoming in Temecula: Disenrolled Families Stand Together at You’re No Indian Weekend Screenings Oh yes, WE AREThis weekend, my family and I sat
together in a dark theater in Temecula, just miles from our ancestral home, to
watch You’re No Indian. Around us were other families like ours: people who
carry the same wound of disenrollment, the same fight to be seen, the same love
for who we are and where we come from. Through this community, we are all one
family.
For three nights in a OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-9953920489664541582026-01-10T00:08:00.006-05:002026-01-12T13:11:56.053-05:00President Macarro, You Helped FREE HIM, Please Follow Leonard Peltier’s Admonition Many of us had written to Presidents asking for Leonard Peltier to be freed over the last decade but NCAI President Mark Macarro, who is also tribal chairman of The Pechanga Band of Indians is credited with a big push to make it happen, see below the rest of that at the bottom of this post. We thank him for that, and we ask him to follow the advice and teaching of Leonard in this OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-20887510321425382532026-01-09T23:30:00.001-05:002026-01-09T23:30:24.292-05:00First Temecula Showing of You’re No Indian a Huge Success The first of three sold out showings of the documentary the Palm Springs International Film Festival didn’t want you to see, was a huge success.Our cousin Destiny Lear sent me a prayer for the event, that we didn’t have time to give so I wanted to share it with you:Creator,Great Spirit who walks with us in the seen and unseen,We come before You with humble hearts and open hands.We give OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-69336035888960468112026-01-09T10:30:00.000-05:002026-01-09T10:48:48.698-05:00The Faces of Disenrollment: The Robert Foreman Family Ejected in 2004 and Suffered Abuses From REDDING RANCHERIAThe Redding Rancheria and their disenrollment of the Foreman Family, the family of their first Chairman after restoration is featured prominently in the film You’re No Indian. Here is that story. Again, you can learn more at the links, it use the search bar in the upper left. It’s SHAMEFUL WHAT THEY DID.Our series on the Faces of Disenrollment continues with the Foreman's of theOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-28897366590973521212026-01-09T09:37:00.003-05:002026-01-09T09:37:39.087-05:00Pechanga Ancestors DESERVE THE TRUTH ON THE TRIBE’S UNJUST DISENROLLMENTS It is deeply disheartening to witness current council members disregard over twenty years of injustice. It is equally dismaying that they seek to erase the oral depositions recorded by several Ancestors of the Pechanga band’s people in 1915. BRING ALL our PEOPLE HOME.We owe it to our shared Ancestry, including those we ADOPTED INTO THE TRIBE, to uphold the honor and dignity of OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-28240094084417114482026-01-09T08:26:00.000-05:002026-01-09T10:20:55.713-05:00Cathy Cory, Disenrolled Chukchansi Walk's Into The Lion's Den After A Decade Without Citizenship UPDATE: CC statement AddedI have moved this post up from the past, to honor my friend Cathy Cory, who while we disagree politically, she keeps me focused on matters of Native American justice. You can find more about Chukchansi issues, by using the search bar in the upper left. Chukchansi is featured prominently in the new documentary You’re No Indian. A proud woman warrior leads the battle for honor at OPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-11789420991778312032026-01-07T23:00:00.009-05:002026-01-07T23:00:00.114-05:00Pechanga's SPLINTER GROUP Worked to DIVIDE the Tribe. We are reprising a set of posts from 2008, from the Manuela Miranda Family of Pechanga, when fewer people understood what disenrollment was doing to Native people. People say, "why don't you ask the Native American Rights Fund for help? Well, we have, they told me the "didn't do Indian vs. Indian". Shamefully, NARF has the leader of a disenrolling tribe, Pechanga Chairman MarkOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887382220113280558.post-23865250387785045372026-01-07T16:22:00.002-05:002026-01-07T16:26:00.039-05:00MARK MACARRO DENIED in Request For the TRIBE to Provide Attorneys? Pechanga Chairman Mark MacarroThat's the word coming from the Rez. At a recent meeting, the reported request from Chairman Macarro was to have the tribe provide attorney representation in his attempt to halt the screenings of the documentary YOU'RE NO INDIAN. The response to this film on the shameful practice of tribal disenrollment was so great, the producers had toOPechangahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10687743661360604165noreply@blogger.com5