This was emailed to me. I guess it's another letter going around Pala. On the 1913 Pala Allotment Roll both Margarita Brittain and Remijo Lugo are listed as 4/4. But Pala's EC decided to ignore this in order to disenroll us. If this is allowed to stand then anyone's blood line could be questioned.
Our elders decided over 50 years ago what the base roll of the tribe is and what the enrollment requirements were to be. 1/16 "Pala" blood and direct lineal descendent from the 1913 Pala Allotment Roll. Didn't matter if one was Yaqui, Cahuilla, Luiseno, or Kupa. If you were part of the removal our elders decided you were part of the tribe.
Why over 50 years later has this changed?
Lugo Family Bloodline
Our elders decided over 50 years ago what the base roll of the tribe is and what the enrollment requirements were to be. 1/16 "Pala" blood and direct lineal descendent from the 1913 Pala Allotment Roll. Didn't matter if one was Yaqui, Cahuilla, Luiseno, or Kupa. If you were part of the removal our elders decided you were part of the tribe.
Why over 50 years later has this changed?
Lugo Family Bloodline
1913 Pala Allotment Roll
