This is an informational booklet on Margarita Brittain. She was a fullblood Kupa (Cupa, Cupeno) Indian from Warner's Hot Springs. Her and her children were removed from the village of Kupa at Warner's Hot Springs in 1903 during the Cupeno Trail of Tears. Margarita and her children received allotments at Pala and became part of the Pala Band of Mission Indians.
162 of Margarita Brittain's descendents were wrongly disenrolled from their tribe by Pala's Executive Committee. The preponderance of evidence demonstrates Margarita Brittain was a fullblood Kupa Indian and her descendents are entitled to be enrolled at Pala. The BIA Agrees.
Margarita Brittain Booklet
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
BIA Recommends All 162 Pala Members Remain Enrolled
I am posting this again as I think it is important.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Pacific Regional Director Recommends All 162 Disenfranchised Pala Members Be Enrolled
Bureau of Indian Affairs Pacific Regional Director Recommends All 162 Disenfranchised Pala Members Be Enrolled
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
What Are The New Membership Requirements For Pala?
For over 50 years the membership requirements for the Pala Band of Mission Indians was that one had to be a lineal descendent of someone on the 1913 rolls and be at least 1/16 blood of the band.
All 162 disenrolled members of Pala meet the membership requirement. The BIA agrees that all 162 members should be enrolled.
Margarita Brittain is listed as 4/4 on the 1913 Pala Allotment Rolls. Her children are listed as 1/2.
Over 50 years of Custom and Tradition, the Articles of Association, and even the Pala Constitution list membership requirements as being a descendent of someone on the 1913 rolls and possessing at least 1/16 blood of the band.
So what has changed? Are there new membership requirements? People of Pala should be concerned since it seems the membership requirements have changed. The Pala Executive Committee is going against over 50 years of Custom and Tradition, the Articles of Association, and the Pala Constitution by disenrolling 162 of its members.
It now appears anyone can be disenrolled or enrolled based on a vote by the Executive Committee. Is this really what the tribe wants?
All 162 disenrolled members of Pala meet the membership requirement. The BIA agrees that all 162 members should be enrolled.
Margarita Brittain is listed as 4/4 on the 1913 Pala Allotment Rolls. Her children are listed as 1/2.
Over 50 years of Custom and Tradition, the Articles of Association, and even the Pala Constitution list membership requirements as being a descendent of someone on the 1913 rolls and possessing at least 1/16 blood of the band.
So what has changed? Are there new membership requirements? People of Pala should be concerned since it seems the membership requirements have changed. The Pala Executive Committee is going against over 50 years of Custom and Tradition, the Articles of Association, and the Pala Constitution by disenrolling 162 of its members.
It now appears anyone can be disenrolled or enrolled based on a vote by the Executive Committee. Is this really what the tribe wants?
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