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Sounds like a story line from Walter Mencken's Almost Factual News!— August 19, 2013 6:47 a.m.
Pala tribe cuts dissident members off rolls, including former tribal chairman King Freeman.
Following are some quotes from a story published in 2006 by David E. Wilkins, author and Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. " But the available evidence and the oral traditions of tribes suggests that given the kinship structure of most tribal nations that were always focused on mediation, restitution and compensation, permanent expulsion of tribal relatives was rarely practiced." " Within the last 20 years, however, coinciding with both the emergence of high-stakes gaming operations and increased criminal activity, a number of tribal governments throughout North America have, in helter-skelter fashion and at unprecedented levels, been dramatically redefining the boundaries and meaning of what it means to be a Native citizen. Many have initiated formal banishment and legal disenrollment proceedings against ever-increasing numbers of their own relatives. In a majority of disenrollment cases, however, some tribal officials are, without any concern for human rights, tribal traditions or due process, arbitrarily and capriciously disenrolling tribal members as a means to solidify their own economic and political bases and to winnow out opposition families who disapprove of the direction the tribal leadership is headed." "What was historically a rare event - the forced and permanent expulsion of a relative who had committed a terrible offense - has tragically become almost commonplace in Indian country, leaving thousands of bona fide Native individuals without the benefits and protections of the nations they are biologically, culturally, and spiritually related to." "While I fully support the inherent right of tribal nations to decide their own citizenry, I do not support, nor does history or tribal tradition affirm, the oftentimes arbitrary power of some tribal institutions to categorically disenfranchise and disenroll tribal individuals, entire families and, in some case, large groupings of tribal members on specious and questionable grounds."— June 19, 2013 3:28 p.m.
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Looks like what happens on the reservation no longer stays on the reservation as evidenced by your interesting June 6 cover story, "Can You Find the Big Secret in this Casino?" My Google search attempt to get some perspective on the issue of tribal membership and disenrollment uncovered this hopefully objective article (Banishment and Disenrollment in Indian Country) by David E. Wilkins, author and Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota. http://www.originalpechanga.com/2013/02/tribal-di… Sadly, I am going to have to go with greed as the motive for the permanent tribal banishments within the Pala Tribe.— June 19, 2013 2:17 p.m.