Sierrastar.com - Do They Care?
We've read so much about the issues at the Picayune
Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians. Does anyone really believe that the
three groups led by Morris Reid, Nancy Ayala and Reggie Lewis have the
best interest of the tribe as their priority, or the best interest of
themselves?
All three of these so-called leaders were proponents
of the first disenrollments in the tribe in 1999 and 2006. They cut 800
tribal members from their heritage and rights as Native Americans. Is
that what someone who purports to care about the tribe does? I think
not.
These actions against their own people and those subsequent
disenrollments documented by the Sierra Star, have led to violence and
huge police presence to protect Chukchansi's shrinking number of
citizens from their own leaders. Is this what was meant by tribal self
reliance?
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Rick Cuevas runs Original Pechanga's Blog
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