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Bureau of Indian Affairs Pacific Regional Director Recommends All 162 Disenfranchised Pala Members Be EnrolledIn 1903 the Agua Caleinte Cupeno were removed from their ancestral tribal home, the Village of Kupa also known as Warner's Hot Springs. The Cupeno were forced onto the Pala Indian Reservation. This is known as the Cupeno Trail of Tears. On June 1st, 2011 and February 1st, 2012 162 Warner Ranch Evictee Agua Caliente Cupeno were removed from the PBMI Association by the Pala Enrollment Committee. This is our Second Trail of Tears.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Bureau of Indian Affairs Pacific Regional Director Recommends All 162 Disenfranchised Pala Members Be Enrolled
Pala Disenrollees received their recommendation today from the BIA that they should all be enrolled with the Pala Band of Mission Indians which has been the case since 1989 when the BIA made its final determination that Margarita Brittain is a full blood Kupa Indian.
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