Ernie C. Salgado Jr.Soboba Tribal Member

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On July 31, 2008 PresidentBush’s signature the Soboba Bandof Luiseño Indians Settlement Actinto law ending a sixty two yearold Soboba Tribal water rightsdispute involving the EasternMunicipal Water District andMetropolitan Water District.Tribal Chairman Adam Castillofiled the original lawsuit in 1946.“It’s been a long process” SobobaTribal Chairman, Robert J.Salgado said at the dedicationluncheon held at the SobobaSpring Country Club on Friday, August15, 2008.

In the photo above CongresswomanMary Bono Mack presents a copy of theSoboba water rights settlement to

Soboba tribal Chairman Robert SalgadoSr. during a ceremony on August 15,2008 at the Soboba Springs CountryClub in San Jacinto. The settlement ends63 years of Dispute between the tribe,

the federal government and localWater Districts in the San JacintoValley.

Secretary of the Interior, DirkKempthorne referred to theSoboba water rights settlementFriday as “an evaporation of a liti-gation cloud,” and a showing ofhow cooperation can ensure awater supply and protection ofthe resource both for the SobobaBand of Luiseño Indians andother San Jacinto Valley waterusers in the future.

Chairman Salgado In congres-sional testimony earlier this year,Salgado described how the tribegrew melons, beans, corn and

fruit trees in irrigated fields. He testifiedthat the loss of the reservation water

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By Rocky Neptun

El Centro, Tijuana; August 13, 2008.With heavy heart, vacillating withintense rage; I stand on the corner ofRevolution and Third Avenues, andwatch as several hundred federal policeofficers block off all of 3rd Avenue,between Madero and Constitution, withhuge buses. As startled tourists run fortaxis and Mexican shoppers scurryaway, 250 “Federales” in ominous, dark-black uniforms, carrying machine guns,automatic rifles and a few grenadelaunchers, spread out along the streets.

Here at this venerated intersection,where few alive remember, but the per-sonal stories are passed down through

the generations, where thetruck carrying personalbelongings of Ricardo FloresMagon paused, while thou-sands paid homage inNovember, 1922 to a truedefender of freedom andpatria. Maria Guzman, thenin her 80’s, still selling trin-kets on the streets, remi-nisced over 20 years ago tome about her father liftingher up from the dusty roadso she could kiss the desk ofTijuana’s greatest hero. She,then, still lived in theTijuana barrio of FloresMagon.

How heartrending thesefederal blackshirts, ready toshoot citizens, here at thisjunction of streets, in thiscity, which so long ago wasthe capital of a truly liberat-ed Baja. In May, 1911, exploited potteryworkers joined with oppressed indige-nous peoples, aided by Mexican unionmembers, sent south from Los Angelesby Flores Magon, and overthrew the

local forces of the dictator Porfirio Diaz.For over a year, all the major cities inBaja became part of the only emancipat-ed nation, formed in the NorthernHemisphere in the 20th Century. Led bythe Partido Liberal Mexicano and Flores

Magon from Los Angeles (the Mexicangovernment had put forth a $20,000reward for his death), Tijuana saw largeestates confiscated and land distributedto the poor, workers were unionized and

Tijuana: Slum of Empire

Federal Police block off 3rd Avenue between Medero, Constitution Avenue and RevolutionAvenue in Tijuana.

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supply completely destroyed the eco-nomic base of the tribe. He said noamount of money will ever compensatedthe tribal member for the decades theywere forced to live without the basic sup-ply of water. He told the congressionalcommittee he remembers as a young boyhaving to haul water in five gallon con-tainers from the near by city of SanJacinto just to survive. We are not bitteror hold any animosity against anyone hetold the committee he has just made us asa people stronger so that we are betterprepared to face the next challenge to ourTribal Sovereignty.

The bill, introduced by Rep. MaryBono Mack, R-Palm Springs, passed theHouse of Representatives in May of thisyear. The legislation implements a 1991federal government settlement and anoth-er settlement with San Jacinto Valleywater suppliers that took about eightyears to resolve.

“I am thrilled an agreement has beenreached that will benefit the many indi-viduals and families impacted by thisongoing water dispute,” Bono Mack saidin a news release. “We would not be atthis point without the many years of hard

work and cooperation by the tribe, ourlocal water districts and local leaders.”

The legislation provides “a secure andreliable water supply not only for thetribe, but the community,” Loretta Tuell,Washington, D.C.-based legal counselfor the tribe on the water issue, said byphone. In Indian water rights cases,negotiations, rather than litigation, are“the best means to come to resolution,”she said.

The settlement awards the tribe $18million from local water districts, $11million from the federal government andthe right to 2 billion gallons of water ayear from the aquifer. The tribe agreedto use no more than half the water allot-ment for the first 50 years. What isn’tused will be available to other localwater providers. The tribe is working ona five-year development plan, Salgadosaid. That also would address use of 128acres that will be deeded to the tribenear Diamond Valley Lake in theWinchester area.

Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Norwalk,who chairs the House Natural ResourcesCommittee, Subcommittee on Water andPower, and Rep. Joe Baca, D-Rialto, amember of the subcommittee, also spokeat the event.

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Valley Center, CA – The IntertribalCourt of Southern California (ICSC)provides San Diego County tribes a fair,culturally sensitive and independentjudicial forum for resolving disputes onlocal reservations. August 1, 2008, mem-ber tribes dedicated the court’s newJustice Center at its permanent locationon the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians’Reservation.

“Returning justice and fair play toreservations has long been the dream oftribal elders. Today, this court allowstribal governments to enforce publicsafety and community standards whileensuring the right of every individual totheir day in court,” said AnthonyBrandenburg, chief judge of the ICSC.

The court settles disputes over tribalenrollment, hears Indian child welfarecases and handles civil infraction viola-tions such as trespass and assault.Housing disputes, environmental issues,land use and torts may also be broughtto the court. A circuit court serving the10 member tribes, The ICSC providescourt administration, clerks, bailiffs andcomputerized case management; thejudge makes rulings based on each par-ticipating tribe’s laws, ordinances, cus-toms and historical precedent.

Brandenburg notes that, “Tribal gov-ernments have different concerns andpriorities and like any state, city orcounty government, the tribe is respon-

sible for creating its own ordinances, orlaws that apply on the reservation.”

As the first of its kind in California,the ICSC is heralded as a model foroffering efficient and economic judicialprocesses to multiple tribes, throughshared administration. The foundingtribes are the Pala Band of CupeñoIndians, La Jolla Nation of LuiseñoIndians, the Mesa Grande Band ofMission Indians, the Pauma Band ofMission Indians, The Rincon Band ofLuiseño Indians, and the Iipaay Nationof Santa Ysabel, the Jamul Indian Village,Los Coyotes Band of Mission Indians,Manzanita Band of the KumeyaayNation, and San Pasqual Band ofIndians.

According to Temet Aguilar, tribalcourt administrator, the ICSC also bene-fits non-Indians. “When you come onthe reservation you will be treated withthe same fairness and judicial discretionyou would receive as a tribal member.

Intertribal Court Dedication“We don’t treat people differently. At

the same time, tribes now have the gov-ernmental infrastructure to ensure thatnon-members as well as members areequally responsible for upholding thecommunity’s laws.”

Aguilar, a Luiseño-Diegueño Indian,was instrumental in bringing the courtservices to San Diego County tribes.

All Rise …The Intertribal Court of Southern California is Now in Session!

“While in law school, I realized therewas no way our tribes would everreceive the law enforcement and com-munity cohesiveness we wanted withoutdoing it ourselves. Today tribal govern-ments are increasingly in a position torealize the long held dream of bringinglaw and order to our communities.

“It’s a matter of sovereignty: that’swhat we are doing right here, right now,making the positive changes we want,through our own tribal government, lawenforcement personnel, and our owncourts. It’s an example of our peopleonce more exercising control over ourlives and land. It’s our own leaders start-ing this, creating it, enforcing it andenhancing it. True change comes fromwithin”

Chief Judge Brandenburg, ofAmerican Indian descent, likes toexplain that while tribes are govern-ments, they are also family, and like anyfamily have their disagreements. Butnow the court gives them the tools tofairly resolve conflicts. However, hepoints out, the current and future suc-cess of the ICSC depends on continuedcooperation between state and local lawenforcement and courts. “The Sheriff and

the District Attorney’s Offices and thelocal judicial community have been sup-portive and really are partners in provid-ing comprehensive public safety.

“We have before us an opportunity toclear up the gray areas and the void oflocal tribal authority created by Congresswith passage of Public Law 280, whichgave the state responsibility for criminaljurisdiction on reservations. Public Law280 has hampered the ability of both thetribes and state law enforcement to pro-vide for the necessary adoption andenforcement of community standards ofpeace and safety. But we are all workingtogether to change that,” he added.

The ICSC offers services includingeducational programs, free attorneyreferral service and court-sponsoredAlternative Dispute Resolution, includ-ing mediation and arbitration. Specialprograms designed to meet the needs ofthe tribal community such as Indian law,wills, and trust will also be made avail-able.

The Intertribal Court is located at49002 Golsh Road, Rincon Reservation,Valley Center California; contact numberis (760) 751-4142.

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guaranteed decent wages, women werefreed from machismo, and officialsvowed to govern by “making a free andhappy life for all without masters andtyrants.”

Of course, as in all history, the forcesof greed and privilege won. Madero wonthe Mexican Revolution, which was wag-ing at the time, and lost his life. Zapatawas also assassinated, Pancho Villabrought down in a hail of bullets, andFlores Magon arrested by the UnitedStates government in 1912, in exchangefor railroad rights with Mexico’s new“liberal” dictators. Sentenced to 20 years,he was murdered by federal agents inLeavenworth Prison, Kansas.

Sin as a Liberating TraditionThere is an old saying, “When the

United States get’s a cold, Tijuanasneezes.” The city has always been tornbetween being a frontier post for NorthAmerican exploitation. Whether its illu-sions of liberty amidst total corruptionor its basement bargain image(Capitalism’s dark side, its Id, where“everyone is always selling something”);it is a place where cultures smashtogether, creating continuous fusion. Itis Mexico’s fourth largest city; its citizennever really totally Mexican. A weak dol-lar, weak economy, vanishing tourists,cheap labor in the Maquiladoras; scurry-ing, adapting, surviving amidstCapitalism’s maze.

Standing on the corner of AvenidaRevolucion and 3rd, in the heart ofdowntown Tijuana; I look north, towardthe cheap, tin imitation of an arch strut-ting 1st Avenue. Between 1st and 2nd,abutting the Plaza Santa Cecilia, the oldBoom-Boom Club building still stands,renamed so often, I’ve forgotten howmany. Gutted by fire, neutered byAmerican moral imperialism, it survives,like the city, a shadow of what it oncewas.

In its dark upstairs, a labyrinth of tap-estry leading to dank rooms smelling ofsweat and orgasms; my fourteen years ofinnocence came to a glorious end. It wasthe early sixties, where if you were tallenough to stand at the bar and had adollar in your pocket you were wel-comed. Young or old, black or white;Revolution Avenue was the heart of apoor person’s sin city. More affordablethan Las Vegas, more real, more orgias-tic, than the pomp of Mardi Gras, itschicks more accessible and down-to-earth than any coy polette along theRiver Seine in Paris; Tijuana was theMecca for all who worshiped at the footof Dionysus, the god of debauchery.

I look directly across from the inter-section, where the old J.C. Penny storeused to be. Now a Gigante shoppingstore, it is flanked by that hideous cul-tural clone, the Hard Rock Café. The citywas also a destination of America’s work-

ing-class. My grandmother, wife of aroofer, first brought me here in the mid-1950’s. She loved to browse its shopsand boutiques for little trinkets oradornments for her modest home or buyexotic candies and spicy salsas. Uncles,cousins, and distant friends of the family,would come to Tijuana to experience a“foreign country.” For most, this wouldbe their only “brave” excursion out ofthe United States. Photos and souvenirswould be shown around fireplaces andwood stoves in the hollows of the OzarkMountains or the brick houses on theNebraska prairie for years.

“What tragic fascination continues tobring me back here to this god-forsakencity,” I ask myself, looking north again,toward the left side of Revolution, wherethe five-story Hotel Nelson dominatesthe view. Am I simply a salmon, instinctdriven, returning to the spawning space;or has all the heartaches, drunkennights, love’s won, love’s lost, bloodspilled on spit covered sidewalks, wildparties, orgies, arrests, street kids helped,families aided, over the many decades,made me a citizen of this tragic city. Mymother and father were married inTijuana in 1946. At sixteen, she was tooyoung for California law. My conception,at the Nelson, overlooking this historicalavenue, named after the Revolution; itssmells, its noise, its pulsating energy ofliberated behavior, permeated my genes.

My adopted city (or the city that hasensnared me) is failing. Dominated byAmerican Empire and local corruption,both a battle-ground and a staging-ground; Tijuana reflects a nation tornbetween the illusions of freedom and thereality of a corporate-owned oligarchywhich increasing requires a police statementality and totalitarian controls.

Professor Joseph Scimecca, in his lec-tures on Humanist Sociology, taught me,long ago, that freedom is quite simply“the maximation of alternatives.” Themore limitations the less freedom, hetaught. Any look at society, any politicalor economic decision; he believed, mustbegin with the premise that “humans arefree to create their social world, and thatwhatever impinges upon that freedom isultimately negative and destructive.”

The determinist philosophy of corpo-rate-owned capitalism has evolved. InTijuana, many afternoons; American,Japanese, Chinese and Mexican CEO’smeet frequently with city officials andfederal police to plot their needs. Theseexecutives then fly off to corporate head-quarters, where more discussions areheld with lobbyists, spin artists, politi-cians and other diverse crooks. A thou-sand laws, ordinances, regulations anddecrees are issued each day, all over theglobe; enabling, protecting, solidify thecontrol of these profit driven extremists.

In olden days, they were called“Robber Barons.” Today, they havebecome a Taliban of economic terrorists,Jihadists for profit, backed by police,day-by-day, extort and manipulate peo-ple’s lives to give themselves more

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power. Meanwhile, in places likeTijuana, the urban apocalypse sees moreand more violence as drug lords fightover who will buy off the politicians andpolice, with children, as young as 7-years-old, brutally gunned down.Kissing cousins to the world’s CEO’s,these gangsters, particularly in Mexico,create the violence that breeds and justi-fies the very tyranny and subjugationthat the corporate masters are demand-ing. As 9-11 was used by Bush, Chaneyand Gang to justify the destruction ofthe Constitution and its Bill of Rights;so, too, does Mexico’s phony war ondrugs authoritate its repression andpolice state tactics.

Tijuana has always had drugs. Andlike the son of a bartender (and many apreacher), its youth always learned tohandle their physic medication. Duringthe 60’s and 70’s, marijuana was alwaysplentiful. We poor boys, without fathersto support us, would always pick upsome, after a drunken week-end, to sellto fellow students to pay for educationneeds. Five kilos could be had for a caseof Jack Daniels. Speed, however, “BlackBeauties and Cross-Tops” required cash,as did downers like “Bennies”.

It wasn’t until the CIA introducedcrack cocaine into the ghettos of theUnited States (Reagan’s revenge for BlackPanthers near his Sacramento Governor’smansion with loaded rifles) did Mexicohave a “problem” with drugs. The onlyland mass between the jungles ofColumbia and the noses of NorthAmerican youth; Mexico became a leakyconduit. Its own poor youth hooked and

corrupted by cartels that depend on theCapitalist system of supply and demand.The U.S. government and its hystericaloligarchy, rather than treat its youth’saddiction, decriminalize and legalize;declared war on its own children andexpected Mexico to do the same.

By 2006, Mexican legislators had hadenough of the violence and repression,encouraged and funded by U.S. fanaticalpoliticians and officials. They passed adrug de-criminalization bill whichfocused on personal use; the reasonableapproximations of single-use or single-session amounts. Under the bill aspassed by the congress, possession of upto five grams of marijuana, 25 mil-ligrams of heroin, a half-gram of cocaine,two-tenths of a gram of speed or Ecstasy,and one-quarter gram of psychedelicmushrooms would be considered pos-session for personal use. And in a nod toMexico’s indigenous population, themeasure would also decriminalize thepossession of up to 2.2 pounds of psy-chedelic peyote cactus.

Then Mexican President Vicente Fox,agreeing to sign; then cowardly refusedafter the U.S. Ambassador threatenedeconomic and political sanctions. Thisbill would have freed up criminal justicesystem resources currently devoted todealing with drug users. It also wouldhave given the government more ammu-nition in the form of stiffer sentences fordrug trafficking and sales offenses and itwould give it more boots on the groundin the drug war in the form of 400,000

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state and municipal police officers whowould now be allowed to take part indrug law enforcement. Under currentlaw, only Mexico’s roughly 100,000 fed-eral police agents can enforce the druglaws.

So, if it is the power of the “federales”and their authoritarian support of oli-garchy and foreign corporations, if it ismillions of dollars from the north; then,the Conservative governments of PANwill sacrifice a whole generation of youthto appease its U.S. masters.

Profiting from “Legal” Drugs As I stand in down-town Tijuana and

watch the Mexican federal agents lock-down the city’s core, I sense that this toois staged. Perhaps a U.S. Senator is intown, or a staff member from the WhiteHouse? Walking along RevolutionAvenue, I ask dozens of people what isgoing on. No one seems to know. I wait.A half-hour, an hour. Nada. No build-ings are rushed, no armored car arrivesto take a druggie into custody. I finallyhead off to the Ranchero, before myfavorite bartender leaves and the drinksrise to 25 pesos.

Three hours and five drinks later; Ilearn from a disgusted pharmacist, whohad just belted three shots of Tequila

with his Tecate beer; that the cream ofthe Mexican federal police were inTijuana not to protect its citizens fromviolence nor apprehend its gangstersbut, rather, to protect international phar-maceutical companies and their profits.

Professor Scimecca’s maximum alter-natives, the foundation of freedom, washelping Tijuana’s poor, and even theU.S.’s working-class too much. Led bythe Mexican Institute for the Protectionof Industrial Property, an actual federalagency which protects corporate inter-ests, the “federales were targeting phar-macies along Revolution and a few onThird Avenue, which cater to strappedAmericans trying to find lower-pricedmedications.

Many pharmacies in Mexico circum-vent the monopoly manipulation ofprices by huge drug companies by sell-ing medication by the pill rather than ina package. Several aged U.S. citizens Iknow, some in their 80’s, who live insqualid tenements, near Revolution, buytheir prescriptions this way. Others,especially indigenous families and sin-gle-mothers, can only afford to buy themedical samples that doctors donate tothe pharmacies.

The action, by federal corporate pro-tection agents, netted not one singleoffender. No citations were issued, noarrests, no pharmacies were closed. Itwas all show. By evening all the smallmom and pop pharmacies throughout

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the city; in run-down buildings in thebarrios, perched on canyon edges inshacks, serving the city’s poor, worriedabout their livelihood and service totheir communities.

Today, everywhere; human beings,either individually or in associations,such as governments, are increasinglyincapable of calculating possibilitiesbecause the freedom to choose is an illu-sion. Like shoppers on an escalator orcattle prodded through chutes, there isno room to maneuver. Behavior is nolonger innovative and spontaneousbecause consciousness itself [to standapart, the ability to give things meaning]is hammered into a socially determinedaspect of self. In a corporate-ownedworld, well-paid, well-meaning, pharma-cists are as trapped as poor people bythe lack of options [and increasingly, theability to even imagine options].

Human praxis, the reflective processof thought and action, becomes stunted;liberty an illusion, and the notion ofindividuality a cruel myth. C. WrightMills’ warnings, decades ago, about thecontinuing constraints on human free-dom by those who have institutional andeconomic power has come to pass.Political and economic tyranny, even themanipulation of truth itself, has becomecommonplace, with little dissent.

Just this week, the vicious bastardchildren of corporate-owned globaliza-tion, China’s state-owned capitalismthugs, didn’t even attempt to hide theirauthoritarian presence. Because smogobscured the opening of the Olympics,they merely released a computer generat-ed fireworks show and the media pup-pets of the world broadcast it as newsfootage of the actual event. The little girlwho opened the games, lip sank thewords; while another, much less prettygirl sang the words. Meanwhile theyarrest a human rights activist on his wayto church (the same one that Bushattended while sucking up to Beijing’swealth).

China’s Orwellian nightmare, likeFreddy Krueger, is coming to a theater(community) near you. In Helena,Arkansas, the city’s wealthier citizenshave gotten the Mayor and City Councilto impose a 24-hour curfew on the 10square blocks of its poorer neighbor-hoods; creating de-facto apartheid basedon class. The poor and working-class inthis small precursor of municipal des-potism are required to explain why theyare on public streets and subject them-selves to illegal interrogation.

Tijuana, likewise, has become a stag-ing ground for the new fascism of a cor-porate-owned world. Like the Chinesefireworks, Mexico’s moves in reigning inthe “narcos” are an illusion. The wealthyand their politicos need the drug lordsas much as Bush needed Ben Laden free- bogeymen, to whip children and citi-zens into fear, validating oppression.

The drug trade in Mexico is the henthat lays the Golden Eggs. Billions ofU.S. dollars pass into private hands as

Mexico pretends to fight a war on drugs.Ludicrous, ineffective road blocks soopen and announced that even touristsknow where they are, arrests of the hiredhelp, while drug kingpins become may-ors and governors, filling city jails withpoor street kids and orphans while drugcoyotes drive by in Hummers andEscalades.

The outlook is bleak for Tijuana; it iscontrolled by corporate interests not itspeople. The corrupt political system, theU.S. dominated economy, the lack ofstrong unions or effective civic organiza-tions makes fundamental change impos-sible. Those who can afford to migrate,will. The wealthy will continue to wall intheir homes and create no trespasszones, like in Jerusalem. Whole concen-tration camps for the young and poorwill be built; financed with U.S. dollars.

Yet, there is always hope. What I lovebest about Mexico, is its people; thestrength of their friendships and familialties. Their ability to make sense and pur-pose of the madness and anarchy of afunctioning society without much basicinfrastructure, from poor roads to over-flowing toilets. The ability to laughthrough hardships and never, never, tak-ing themselves (or others) too seriously.

And, in spite of repeated stolen elec-tions by corporate interests, they stillhold a soft-spot in their hearts for revo-lution and democracy. Unlike the UnitedStates, where jaded, faded, manipulatedimages of kind old “fathers” founding anation on parchment and with speeches,corporate washes the truth and legit-imizes today’s tyrannies; Mexicans stillidealize and understand the fiery integri-ty of Zapata and the magnificent courageof Pancho Villa. Generationally, muchcloser to their revolution, they stillremember; family members martyred,women and children fighting withmachetes and hoes.

Deep within the Mexican chest, beatsthe heart of a potential liberationist; apotential Flores Magon. Those furthestfrom the U.S. border; more so, asMarcos discovered. We can only hopethat the invaluable social capital ofMexico; its Golden Standard, the bondof family and friends, will guard its peo-ple from the insanity of northern greedand selfishness that seeps south, acrossthe border, like raw sewage.

Rocky Neptun, director of the SanDiego Renters Union, spends half theweek with his Mexican lover at theirhome in Baja, Mexico.

At Jamul Indian Village Tribalmeeting, Kenneth Meza was voted inas the Tribal Chairperson for the bal-ance of this term which will run untilJune of next year. At that time theTribe will hold it’s nomination/electionfor all Council positions. At the Tribe’snext monthly meeting the Vice-Chairposition which is now vacant will befilled.

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Oakland, CA–“Even though impris-onment has not delivered a clear returnon public safety and support for moreprisons and police is faltering, for thefirst time, more than 1 in every 100adults in the U.S. is in prison or jail.We’ve reached a tipping point.” saidRachel Herzing of Critical Resistance.

“We can either continue down thesame road of more police, more prisons,more control, or we can follow the leadof public opinion and invest in thethings that truly build safe communities.We are coming together in Oakland thisFall as people who have been in prison,family members, organizers, policy mak-ers, researchers and others to strategizehow to go down that new road,” addedHerzing.

In 1998, thousands came togetherand launched what would becomeCritical Resistance – a national grassrootsorganization dedicated to ending thePrison Industrial Complex (PIC). ThePIC is an expansive system of controlthat includes the use of prisons, policingand surveillance to address what aresocial, economic and political problems.

Ten years later, Critical Resistance willbring thousands to the Bay again forCR10, to assess the last ten years ofstruggle and to begin to map out thenext decade of work.

From September 26 through 28,2008, CR10 will bring together commu-nities, families, former prisoners, policymakers, advocates, and others in anunheralded 3-day workshop driven,entertainment filled, and solutions ori-ented weekend with the goal of unifying,reinvigorating, and mobilizing the move-ment in the US and across the world toend society’s use of prisons and policingas purported solutions to social prob-lems.

Some of the conference’s growing listof participants will include:

• University of California Professorand former Black Panther Party memberAngela Davis

• The Jena Six families• Members of the San Francisco 8• Professor Ruthie Gilmore, author of

Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis,and Opposition in Globalizing California

• Former political prisoner andPuerto Rican activist Lucy Rodriguez

• Co-founder of All of Us or Noneand long-time prisoner rights activistDorsey Nunn

CR10 will also serve as the venue forthe release of The Justice PolicyInstitute’s new report: Moving Target,providing new data on the growth,impact, and cost of the Prison IndustrialComplex (PIC) researched by one of thenation’s leading criminal justice thinktanks. It will also discuss the fightagainst the PIC, and successes in curbingthe growth of prisons, as well as alterna-tives to imprisonment that are gaininggreater support.

“The challenge facing us is immense.In the U.S., over 2.3 million people arewarehoused in prisons and jails, with700,000 people returning home fromprison each year to communities devas-tated by racism, poverty and indiffer-ence. The harm of what we call crimecannot be solved through the additionalharm of policing, surveillance and sepa-ration from loved ones. Empoweredcommunities, with decent housing,secure jobs, food security, healthy envi-ronments and high-quality education,are the real alternative to incarceration,”said Julia Sudbury, one of the foundersof Critical Resistance.

All of Us or NoneThousands to gather in Oakland forFall conference on ending the prisonindustrial complex

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Throngs of eager job seekers joinedthe SCAIR/TANF participants at thisMonster.com Job Fair. Over 800 interest-ed applicants registered in attendancebetween 11am opening and the 2pmclosing of the job fair. SCAIR collaborat-ed with Monster.com as a co-sponsor forthis event.

Vickie Gambala, the Native AmericanIndian education district liaison for theSan Diego Unified School District, waskept busy during the job fair andanswered many questions about SanDiego tribal educational programs.

More than 800 San Diego job seekerssigned in and participated in the three-hour Monster.com job fair event.

Some of the SCAIR and TANF staffmembers and consultants posed for pic-tures at the Southern CaliforniaAmerican Indian Resource Center, Inc.SCAIR booth. SCAIR and TANF tribalcollaborators shared the booth space.The SCAIR-TANF booth included 48-inch poster graphics, a professionalMicrosoft PowerPoint presentation byRoy Cook, authentic ethnographic claypottery, native willow and coiled juncusbaskets.

Antoinette Adleman and TracyStevens of the Alpine and San Diegooffices of SCAIR organized and producedthe display decoration for the two tablesof the SCAIR booth.

San Diego tribal TANF staff memberswho are supported by the SouthernCalifornia Tribal Chairmen's Association(SCTCA) were on hand assisting andcounseling tribal TANF job seekers dur-

ing the tribally-sponsored event.In attendance and support is Paul

Razo San Diego community member andRoy Cook, SCAIR/CALIE writer. Roydesigned, produced and presented aMicrosoft PowerPoint with narrationproject that ran on a loop the entirefour-hour job fair.

The Holiday Inn San Diego — On theBay large conference room was packedwith job seekers and company employerbooths during the three-hour Monsterjob fair. San Diego tribal TANF clientsreceived assistance and opportunities tomeet with some of San Diego's topemployers, job recruiters, head hunters,and human resources professionals.

Also attending the job fair are ErnieSalgado, APAPAS Development Corp.and SCAIR senior advisor RandyEdmonds and his wife Bonnie.Documenting the fair is SCAIR/CALIEWebmaster and photographer GaryBallard.

This is an outstanding opportunity forthe TANF and IHRC job participants toreach dozens of companies looking forpeople to hire. Also this exposure isexcellent to see the intensity of the jobseeker competition and interview level ofattire.

Many took the opportunity to fill outapplications, pick up business cards andinformation from the various companies.Additionally there are various gift itemsand gift bag items to acquire.

Many attendees voiced positive com-ments and welcomed the AmericanIndian viewpoint and presentations. Wewere all glad to be there and we hopeyou had a positive experience too.

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By Ernie C. Salgado Jr. Soboba Tribal Memberindianvoices@hotmail.com

August 11, 2008 almost fifty-five yearsto the day of August 15, 1953 when PublicLaw 280 was implemented on all theIndian Reservations in California. It wasalso the same year Adam Castillo passedaway. I mention this only because Mr.Castillo was not only the Tribal Chairmanof the Soboba Band of Mission Indians (asit was known in the old days,) he was alsothe President of the Mission IndianFederation. Some say he died of a brokenheart because Public Law 280 destroyedthe life’s work of the Mission IndianFederation. At the meeting tribal leadersvocalizing tribal control of their reservation(Home Rule) including tribal policing oftheir reservations by their own people.

It has been over one hundred yearssince the Mission Indian Federationbecame politically active in 1908 andeighty-five years since fifty-seven MissionIndian Federations Tribal Leaders includ-ing one woman, were arrested by theUnited States Government for becomingtoo vocal in demanding Tribal Rights.

The Soboba Tribal Council has been ina bitter dispute over jurisdiction on theSoboba Indian Reservation. ChairmanSalgado has asked the Riverside Countysheriffs to check in with the tribal securityat the guard station before entering intothe reservation, which is located approxi-mately one mile within the reservationboundaries on Soboba Rd. The TribalCouncil has given the sheriffs full access tothe Tribal Casino. Chairman Salgado alsosaid that the Tribal Council has given thesheriff full access to the reservation whenin “hot pursuit” and in cases of emergency.

Riverside County Sheriff, Stanley Sniffhas threatened to arrest security officersand tribal leaders who have been delayinghis deputies as they attempt to enter theSoboba reservation and worries that suchconfrontations could escalate into violence.Chairman Salgado defended the tribe's pol-icy of questioning sheriff's deputies whenthey visit the reservation, saying officialscan arrest him for the practice if they want.Salgado also said he's well within his rightsto have tribal security guards briefly delaysheriff's deputies who serve search war-rants or conduct other business at thereservation.

Sheriff Sniff has asked federal officials toclose the Soboba Casino because the con-tinued violence on the reservation and theTribal Council’s position of delaying hisdeputies as they attempt to enter the reser-vation poses a threat to the general public.

On August 14, 2008 members of theNational Indian Gaming Commission(NIGC) visited the Soboba Casino is whatthey termed a routine review. BothChairman Salgado and Sheriff Sniff haveclaimed responsibility for initiating the visitby the NIGC. Salgado said he asked thecommission to send people from its head-

quarters in Washington,D.C., but the inspectorswere from the Sacramentooffice. The results of theirreview have not been madepublic and should be forth-coming Chairman Salgadotold reporters.

The Soboba Band ofLuiseno Indian sponsored the P.L. 280forum on August 11, 2008 with over 250Tribal Leaders attending from as far as theState of Washington, Nevada, Arizona andNew Mexico. In keeping with tribal tradi-tions Jerome Salgado Sr. and his sonJerome Jr. from the Cauhilla IndianReservation welcomed the gathering with abirdsong and Claudia Salgado, wife ofSoboba Tribal Chairman, Robert J. Salgadoalso sang a Mountain Maidu welcomingsong.

Chairman Robert J. Salgado in his wel-coming told the group that the SobobaTribe does not believe that it is above thelaw, but it has the right to defend its TribalSovereignty. He shared how he grew upwith PL 280 and how the “Old Timers”would talk about how it took away thetribal rights of self-governance. He spokeof his father, Ernest Salgado Sr., who waspresent at the meeting at age 87 and hisgrandfather, O. J. Salgado who was aCharter Member of the National Congressof American Indians, and also served asChairman for the Pechanga Band ofMission Indians, and many other triballeaders that help form his views and oppo-sition to PL 280. He asked the group toshare their true feeling regarding P.L. 280,“…be honest, tell the truth, …” he asked.Is closing He told the gathering “…I amproud to Tribal Chairman of the SobobaBand of Luiseno Indians….”

Joe Meyers a highly respected NativeAmerican attorney shared some of his per-sonnel experiences with law enforcementand P.L. 280. He told the Tribal Leader thatP.L. 280 has not worked and it should berescinded. It went on to say “… P.L. 280was the bullet that was intended to killTribal Sovereignty as part of the“Termination Policy” of theGovernment…” Although the official“Termination Policy” of the Governmentended with the passage of P.L. 93-638, theIndian Self Determination and EducationAct of 1975 that was signed in to law byPresident Richard M. Nixon resistance toallowing the Tribal Governments to fullyimplement self governance continues atthe local, state and the federal levels.

Meyers told the tribal leaders that P.L.280 was only the beginning as it was fol-lowed by the “Reorganization andRancheria Act” in 1958 when Indian peo-ple were told to sign the California LandSettlement and the American Dreamwould be theirs. The “Relocation Act”came next, which was one of the biggestdisasters since the “Trail of Tears”. He com-pared the “Relocation Act” to the WorldWar II Relocation Centers where nearly

120,000 Japanese andJapanese Americans weremoved into 10 isolated reloca-tion centers in Arizona,Arkansas, California,Colorado, Idaho, Utah, andWyoming. The temporary, tarpaper-covered barracks, theguard towers, and most of the

barbed-wire fences are gone now, but thepeople who spent years of their lives in thecenters will never forget them. The majori-ty of the Tribal people that were relocatedin major cities through out the nation to betraining in jobs so that they could becomepart of the dominant society have not beenable to return home as many of theJapanese were after the war.

The results of the “Relocation Act” weredevastating to the traditional tribal struc-ture families became dysfunctional result-ing in poverty, alcoholism, isolation, abuse,mixed with anger, frustration and death.Tribal. Three generation later the “UrbanIndians” are still faced with the

stigma of a lost people. Today Californiahas twenty percent (20%) of the totalAmerican Indian population with over350,000 Indians living in the State.

Meyers shared a story of when he wasthirteen year old when Public Law 280came into effect and how his grandfathertook great pride in making his own fishingpoles and on this special day his grandfa-ther was taking him fishing when theywere stopped by two of the local gamewardens. One of the game wardens toldhis grandfather to give him his fishingpole, which he broke over his knee andhanded it back to his grandfather tellinghim he was no longer allowed to fish with-out a fishing license. He said his grandfather didn’t respond he just turnedaround and went home. He told of how hewould be woken up in the middle of thenight with flashlights shinning in his eyesalong with the rest of his family becausethe police were looking for “an Indian”.While he was sharing these experienceswith the group many heads were noddingup and down as many of the TribalLeaders in the room has also experiencedsimilar treatment.

Carole Goldberg a professor at theUCLA School of Law and one of the lead-ing experts on Public Law 280 told thegroup that she has worked with a team forthe last several years conducting a nationalstudy of P.L. 280. The study comparedstates that have P.L. 280 with those thatdon’t. She held up a copy of the ten-inchthick study and said, “…At the end of theday the study showed that in the stateswhere P.L. 280 was not implemented andthe Tribal Governments conducted theirown policing they were successful...” Shecited the major causes for the failure of P.L.280 was the complete breakdown of trustbetween tribal officials and county, stateand federal law enforcement officials. Shealso cited the lack of communicationbetween the Tribal Leaders and law

enforcement officials, disrespect for TribalSovereignty and racism as major factors forthe failure of P.L. 280.

She said “…Although P.L. 280 gives thejurisdictional authority of the law enforce-ment of criminal activity on the IndianReservation to the States, law enforcementwhile carrying out this duty must honorthe Constitutional Rights of the NativeAmerican people under the FourthAmendment of the Constitutional of theUnited State of America…”. (Note InMapp v Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) theSupreme Court ruled that the FourthAmendment is applicable to the state gov-ernments by way of the Due ProcessClause of the Fourteenth Amendment. TheSupreme Court has said that some searchesand seizures may violate the FourthAmendment's reasonableness requirementeven if a warrant is supported by probablecause and is limited in scope).

Goldberg also joined Myers in recom-mended the repeal of Public Law 280 butcautioned Tribal Leaders that they musthave a good administrative plan for it towork. The majority of the Tribal Leaderssupported the retrocession of Public Law280 however, some expressed concernwith consistence and fairness by TribalLeaders. One example was expressed howsome tribes have disenrolled tribal mem-bers and in one case a Tribal Chairmandisenrolled his own father and sister. “Thisis why the tribe needs a strong administra-tive plan to avoid abuse of authority”.Goldberg told the group.

Salgado said that he would contact law-makers and that the Soboba Tribal Councilwill be sending members of its TribalSecurity for more advanced training so thatthey can carry firearms.

Jim Fletcher, Bureau of Indian AffairsSouthern California AgencySuperintendent said that tribes will stillneed to work with local law enforcement,even if they take over policing their ownreservations. "We need to work together asneighbors," he said. "Sometimes we fightwith our neighbors."

Riverside County Sheriff Stanley Sniffdid not attend the P.L. 280 forum, but thesheriff department's new tribal liaison, AlexTortes, attended the meeting. Tortes, is alsoa tribal member of the Torres-MartinezBand of Desert Cahuilla. He is a retiredLieutenant with the Riverside CountySheriffs Department. His role as the triballiaison has not been made clear to the trib-al leaders and many feel that he may benothing more than a “Token” to appeasethe tribal leaders. One tribal leader saidwith a smile of humor ”I guess they (thesheriffs) don’t think we can communicatewith non-Indians”. The afternoon sessionwas closed to the media and was set asidefor tribal discussion.

Helen Hunt Jackson wrote “A Centuryof Dishonor” in 1881 and one could onlywonder if she was alive to day if she wouldpen a sequel “Two Centuries of Dishonor”.

Soboba Indian Reservation Public Law 280 Forum

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Join the call for aBroomstick Revolution

Let’s collectively decide the day andhour for a peaceful BroomstickRevolution...on, say, a Tuesday afternoonthe week before election day in November2008..all those in favor of ending the IraqWar, against officially-condoned torture,against ‘Patriot’ Acts I & II...against thewhole Bush/Neocon strangehold onAmerica and the World...all those whoDARE TO STAND UP TOINJUSTICE...TAKE A BROOMSTICK ANDWALK PEACEFULLY OUT IN THESTREETS OF AMERICA...EVERY SINGLEONE OF US...GATHER IN FRONT OFEVERY CORPORATE GOVERNMENTFRONT, including the White House, thePentagon, Military Recruiting Centers,Multinational Corporate HQs etc etc...orjust stand outside your house and HOLDHIGH A BROOMSTICK OF PEACE...atrue Broomstick Revolution as enunciatedby Seneca Wisdomkeeper Grandma EdnaGordon.

KEEP THE PEACE! SWEEP’M OUT!!SAVE AMERICA!!!

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A BROOMSTICK REVOLUTIONWE NEED CHANGES in this world,

really big big changes. I’m prayin’ they’ll bepeaceable changes, not violent and bloodyones. I’d like to see a peaceable revolution,a revolution of broomsticks instead of guns.

Call it a Broomstick Revolution.That’s right. The People pick up their

broomsticks and march together andSweep Injustice Out! Make a clean sweep,a big cleanin’ like’s never been seen before.

Broomsticks against Injustice. Nowthat’ll be the day!

We’ll take our broomsticks and we’llsweep Leonard Peltier right out o’ prison,along with all the other Innocents.

Yep—a Broomstick Revolution! That’swhat we need!

Contact Edna at rdgordon@hotmail.com

A-ho, brothers, sisters, it’s in OURHANDS...

Sweep American clean with BROOMSTICKS OF PEACE!

~ Harvey Arden

We are thrilled to announce our nextround of endorsements for 2008! Thesecandidates from 9 states and 11 tribeswill certainly represent Indian Countrywell when they are elected in November.We are excited to be able to support fivecandidates who we first endorsed in2006. They won then, and all of ourcandidates can win this year with yourhelp!

You can read more about all of ourendorsed candidates here.

Oklahoma - Bruce Curnutt, a mem-ber of the Choctaw Nation, is runningfor LeFlore County Sheriff. Bruce wonhis primary on July 29, but he has arunoff on Tuesday (Aug. 26). He needsyour support to win!

Gary Starns, a member of theChickasaw Nation, is running for HD25. He won his primary on July 29 with64.4% of the vote, and now faces theRepublican incumbent in November.Two years ago, this seat was lost by only2 votes, and Gary needs your help to bevictorious this fall!

Senator Richard Lerblance, a memberof the Muscogee Creek Nation, is seek-ing re-election to SD 7. We need tomake sure Democrats take a true majori-ty of the state senate in Oklahoma, andwe need this incumbent to win again!

Montana - Representative JonathanWindy Boy, a member of the ChippewaCree Tribe, is now running for theMontana State Senate, District 16! Hewon his primary, but faces a write-incampaign in the general. He needs yoursupport to win!

Tony Belcourt, also a member of the

Chippewa Cree Tribe, is running forWindy Boy’s open house seat (HD 32).He won his primary by one vote, but hefaces a write-in campaign from his pri-mary opponent in the general. Let’smake sure he wins again and make it abigger margin of victory!

Nevada - Assemblyman JohnOceguera, a member of the Walker RiverPaiute Tribe, is running for reelection tothe Nevada State Assembly (District 16),where he currently serves as MajorityLeader. We support his campaign to winagain!

Arizona - Senator Albert Hale, amember of the Navajo Nation, is run-ning for reelction to SD 2. We wereproud to endorse him in 2006 and areexcited for the opportunity to do soagain. Join us in supporting SenatorHale!

Alaska - Representative WoodieSalmon, a member of the ChalkyitsikTribe, is running for reelection to theAlaska State House, District 6. Weproudly endorsed his campaign in 2006,and are pleased to support him again!

Pennsylvania - RepresentativeBarbara McIlvaine Smith, a member ofthe Sac and Fox Nation, is seekingreelection to HD 156 in Pennsylvania.We endorsed her in 2006, when shewon by less than 50 votes, and her vic-tory flipped control of the state house!

South Dakota - Senator Theresa TwoBulls, a member of the Oglala SiouxTribe, is running for reelection to SD 27.She won her primary this year, and facesa Republican in the fall. We endorsedher in 2006, and are proud to do so

INDN’s List Endorsements

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American Will Be America Again!

El Cajon, CA – What began as a wayfor Sycuan Casino to share and celebrateits silver anniversary with its customers,turned into a record breaking promotion.

“This has been our most successfulpromotion this year,” said Bobbi Johnson,Assistant Director of Marketing forSycuan Casino. “It was wonderful to seethe Casino packed with players, excitedabout the chance to win a Porsche or aMercedes.”

During the five-week bonanza, morethan $330,000 was given away to morethan 150 winners. Five of them droveaway in a silver luxury vehicle: Eva of SanDiego, an Acura MDX; Claire of ChulaVista, a Porsche Boxster; Mario of ChulaVista, a Mercedes C300; Ruth of SanDiego, an Infiniti G37 Coupe; Romeo ofChula Vista, a Honda Ridgeline.

“I’m so happy that I’ve won… I’vebeen playing at Sycuan since it opened,when it was just Bingo, the promotionwas a lot of fun,” said Ruth Wilburn, oneof the big winners.

Players who visited Sycuan Casinofrom July 15th through August 18threceived free entries for the drawings.Many earned more entries by playingslots, table games, poker and bingo.

Other promotions of this magnitudeare planned as Sycuan Casino gears upfor its Silver 25th AnniversaryExtravaganza on November 22nd.

Open 24/7 and just 30 minutes fromdowntown San Diego, Sycuan Casinooffers an array of exciting gaming activi-ties, entertainment and delicious food. Inaddition to our 2,000-plus slots, we havea total of 63 table games, including black-jack, pai gow, and mini baccarat in addi-tion to a 24-table non-smoking pokerroom. The 1,250-seat Bingo Palace pro-vides traditional and video bingo.Sycuan’s Showcase Theatre features greatshows and concerts in an intimate, up-close-and-personal venue. And customershave a choice of dining in our interna-tional buffet, Wachena Falls Café, SunsetDeli or Bingo Snack Bar.

The Sycuan Tribal Government oper-ates the region's premier Indian gamingand resort facilities, the Sycuan Casinoand Sycuan Resort. Sycuan demonstratesits strong commitment to the San Diegoregion through its support of civic andcharitable organizations. The Tribe alsoseeks to reinvest back into the San Diegocommunity with a progressive businessdevelopment effort. The Tribe also ownsand operates Sycuan RingsidePromotions, the country’s first triballyowned boxing promotion company.Sycuan Funds is a publicly traded andprofessionally managed mutual fund.Combined, these enterprises now employnearly 4,000 San Diegans.

Sycuan’s Silver Car Giveaway is aRunaway SuccessFive Week Promotion Draws Record Crowds

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By Kevin Abourezk

The historic nature of this week’sNational Democratic Convention hasn’tbeen limited to this country’s first blackman being nominated as his party’s pres-idential candidate.

It also has been a historic conventionfor Native delegates, who have gatheredin larger numbers than at any previousconvention and have witnessed theirown people step into the spotlight.

United Tribes Technical CollegePresident David Gipp took the mainstage at the convention Tuesday, stressinghealth care, public schools and violencein Indian Country.

Rosebud Sioux tribal council memberRobert Moore sang the national anthemWednesday.

And on Thursday, a 20-year-oldInupiaq woman from Alaska namedHolly Miowak Stebing will join Sen.Barack Obama backstage before heaccepts the Democratic presidentialnomination.

Many see Native issues beingaddressed more prominently this weekthan at previous conventions.

Still, some Native leaders see room for

progress in getting their people’s con-cerns placed front and center within theDemocratic Party.

“Never has enough been said (aboutNative issues) in my opinion, but we’regetting there,” said Steve Banner, secondspeaker of the Muscogee Nation ofOklahoma, standing outside the NativeAmerican Caucus meeting at the DenverConvention Center on Wednesdaymorning. “We’re getting to the table. Wejust need to make ourselves comfortableand start participating.”

Not everyone believes Native issuesare being neglected by the Democraticleadership.

“Realistically speaking, this is not anIndian conference. It’s a Democratic con-ference, which represents everybody,”said Eddie Sacks, an Oklahoma delegateof the United Keetoowah Band. “In someareas, we’re probably over represented,though we Native Americans can nevertruly be over represented according tohistory.”

If a full schedule of Native conventionactivities is any indication of how promi-nent Native issues are this week, thoseNative leaders who traveled to Denverhave had plenty to do.

More than a dozen Native-relatedconvention events have taken place,including a powwow on Sunday, aNavajo Code Talkers presentation of col-ors on Monday and a host of confer-ences focusing on issues like education,rural America and Native policy. AWednesday night event even broughtNative professionals together for anafter-hours celebration.

For some though, those eventshaven’t much helped Native leaders gettheir concerns put on the Democratictable.

For Ron Duke, an Oglala Sioux tribalcouncil member, it has been especiallyfrustrating knowing those outsideDenver have likely seen little related toNative people on television news sta-tions or in major newspapers.

“From what I’ve seen on TV andCNN, I really haven’t seen that much,”Duke said.

How does that hurt Native people?Duke sees that neglect as damaging

Native people’s ability to educate theoutside world about their concerns.

“Without that knowledge, it’s hard forthem to understand where we’re comingfrom,” he said of non-Native people.

Kevin Killer, a 29-year-old OglalaSioux man seeking a seat in the SouthDakota Legislature, blames both Nativesand Democratic Party leaders for failingto get Native issues on the nationalagenda.

He would like to see the NativeAmerican Caucus focus more on youthand alternative energy strategies. As forthe national Democratic Party, leadersneed to work harder to get Nativesinvolved in leadership positions, Killersaid.

But he praised Sen. Barack Obamafor hiring Wizipan Garriott, a youngRosebud Sioux man, to serve as his FirstAmericans Vote director. Killer said theDemocratic Party also has worked to lis-ten to Native people, even allowingthem to change their party organiza-tion’s name from the Native AmericansCouncil to the First Americans Council.

“I think there’s an intent to includemore Natives in the agendas,” he said.“It’s a process, and it takes a while.”

Joe Garcia, president of the NationalCongress of American Indians, sees theproblem as more of a public relationsdebacle.

“I think we’re saying it, but we can’tjust be telling it to ourselves,” he said.

Kevin Abourezk, Oglala Lakota, is areporter and editor at the Lincoln (Neb.)Journal Star. He has been a reznetassignment editor and has taughtreporting at the Freedom Forum’sAmerican Indian Journalism Institute.

From Reznet. Preprinted with Permission.

For Some, Not Enough Being SaidAbout Native Issues

Orange County – CA The NAHC isthe state’s ‘trustee agency’ under PublicResources Code Section 21070 andCalifornia Public Resources Code Section5097.993 “prohibits a person fromunlawfully and maliciously excavating,removing, destroying, injuring, defacinga Native American historic, cultural orsacred site….” The NAHC expressed itsdispleasure at the Mission’s reprehensibleaction affirmed by the fact the Missiondid the project without a City ‘buildingpermit,’ and without environmental(CEQA) review. At a October 2007meeting of the City’s HeritageCommission, the Mission’s Pastor, TheVery Reverend Art Holquin denied thatthe Rectory Garden was built on NativeAmerican cemetery. This was later refut-ed by the Mission’s own archaeologicalfirm, The Chambers Group who present-ed documents that the Rectory GardenProject, which required substantial exca-vation for walls, fountains and fixtures,was built on a cemetery.

The City of San Juan Capistranogranted ‘conditional approval’ of theMission Rectory Garden Project at aPlanning Commission Meeting May 29,2008. A Juaneño Tribal group filed anappeal of the decision to grant approval.The approval of the project was upheldby the San Juan Capistrano City CouncilAugust 19, 2008. Concerned JuaneñoTribal members have indicated that theymay file suit against the Mission and theCity. The Native American HeritageCommission expressed an interest incontinuing their investigation into possi-ble damages to the Native American bur-ial ground and related cultural resources,according to correspondence received bythe City from NAHC staff DaveSingleton. The NAHC wants to do suchan investigation with the State HistoricPreservation Officer (SHPO). However,no plans for such an investigation havebeen made, Mr. Singleton said.

Violation of codeallows project toproceed onsacred cemetery

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Dear Buffalo Friends,

Summers in Montana sure don’t lastlong. Already there are subtle hints offall in the air. The buffalo rut season iscoming to a close, and soon BFC’stabling in Yellowstone and Grand TetonNational Parks will end. It has been anencouraging summer talking with parkvisitors. BFC has been discovering thatmore and more people are aware ofwhat’s happening to the buffalo and areready to do whatever it takes to stop themadness. Many thanks go to Iwi,Hunter, Brandy, Noah, and all the othersummer volunteers who helped reachout for the buffalo, and to all the Parkvisitors who are doing what they can tohelp the buffalo! We are already prepar-ing for next summer’s tabling events, soif you are interested, please contact us atbuffalo@wildrockies.org.

We are also thinking ahead to thewinter as the warm months begin toslightly give way to the coming cold.Summer is just barely long enough toget a few critical things done before wefind ourselves under many feet of snow.Buffalo migration will soon begin again,and before we know it, BFC will be backout on the front lines, documenting allactions made against the last wild buffa-lo and telling the world what we are wit-nessing, in our collective effort to makelasting, positive change for the last wildbuffalo.

As we prepare for another long,frigid, snow-packed winter we can useyour help to gather and cut firewoodthat will keep our field volunteers fromfreezing as they stand vigilance over thelast wild buffalo! It’s good, hard workthat requires a team effort, so please join

us for any amount of time. Wood CutWeek is happening next week (seebelow for details) and BFC will hostanother Wood Cut Weekend in mid-October. Bring friends and chain saws!

But, summer isn’t quite over yet, andbefore it is, Bonnie Raitt is coming to BigSky, Montana to share her beautifulmusic. The special benefit tickets thatwill go directly towards the front lineswork of BFC are going fast.

Buffalo advocates in Montana, acrossthe country, and even in Europe areshowing their support for letting buffaloroam their ancestral lands by acquiringthe new “Let Buffalo Roam” licenseplates! The plates are beautiful, and theysay it all: LET BUFFALO ROAM! Officialplates are available for vehicles inMontana, and sample plates are availableto anyone in any state or country. Learnhow to get your plates and also how tohelp spread the word.

BFC and the growing number of buf-falo champions remain steadfast in ourefforts to expose the livestock industry’swar against wild buffalo for the tragicsham that it is. Tribal voices are growingstronger, and communities in buffalocountry are becoming more and morevocal against the insane actions ofMontana and the Interagency BisonManagement Plan. See what residents ofHorse Butte are doing to protect the buf-falo from a livestock lawsuit.

Thank you all for your continuedsupport and for being strong voices forthe last wild population of Americanbison. Press on! Together we are seeingbig changes on the horizon.

Roam Free!Stephany

Update from the Field

Bill Jennings “Wild Bill” the last real hippy died at age 87 at his home inHemet, California. Most people knew Bill for his newspaper column “On My Side”that appeared in the local paper for 40 years or for his countless hours in record-ing and preserving the local history of the San Jacinto Valley. But the Indian peo-ple on the Indian Reservation in southern California knew him as a friend whogave them a voice through his column “On My Side” when he would almostalways take the side of the Indian people even when it nearly cost him his job onmore than one occasion. But he would just blow it off as if it wasn’t that impor-tant.

He also published “The Indian Reporter” a monthly newsletter for the Indiancommunity at his home using his own money and what little contribution thatwould be sent his way. This was no easy task as computers were not heard of andcoping was limited at best. Many of the “The Indian Reporter” publications can befound at the Soboba House of Our Culture at thje Soboba web site www.soboba-nsn.gov and click on Cham-Mix Poki.

He also was strong supported for the establishment of the Malki Museum locat-ed on the Morongo Indian Reservation. He worked behind the scenes helping notonly to obtain financial support for the museum as well as to gain academic back-ing.

Bill was a quiet man, a free spirit and was always ready to laugh and share abeer. We will miss him and we will always remember him as our friend.

The family suggest contributions in his name be made to the Hemet HeritageFoundation, P.O. Box 2521 Hemet, CA 92546, marked for the Hemet Museum.

Bill Jennings Our Friend Passed Away

By Roy Cook

Recently our goodfriend Randy Edmonds,Kiowa-Caddo, spoke tothe Soaring Eagles DanceClass group of Indiancommunity and studentsof what his lifetime in thePow Wow circle meansto him. He related hisexperiences with the BIARelocation program inLos Angles and later inSan Diego. He empha-sized the value and needfor aspects of Tribal cul-ture in the urban villageof many different regionsand Tribes. The Pow Wow is one way tofind those important values and identityas Indian people, he told the group. Heis also serving as the senior advisor forSCAIR.

Randy is very often invited to be the

Emcee, Head Dancer orHead Gourd Dancer. Heis now retired but he isstill very active in thePow Wow circle.

Attending many of theother SCAIR events areSCAIR senior advisorRandy Edmonds and hiswife Bonnie. They havebeen at the Spring Bling,Traditional IndianWedding, SeaworldSplash and the SoaringEagles Dance Class andRegalia instruction. Atone of the classes Randysaid, “ The dancers fami-ly gets together and

dresses the dancer, then the dancer isbrought into the Pow Wow circle andintroduced very often with a give awayof gifts and hand-made items in respectand recognition of the honor shown tothe family.”

Randy Edmonds: SCAIRSenior Advisor

Indian Voices • September 200812

By Roy Cook

There is quite a bit of exciting activityin the works for this coming fall season.This meeting of the council gathered rep-resentatives and organizers of: politicaladvocacy, education, Tribal culture andsocial Holiday Dinners.

Chairperson, Pierre Romero opened themeeting at 11:55 and called for the bless-ing from Roy Cook.

Introductions followed: Roy Cook,SCAIR contract writer, Abel SilvasAhachemen advocate on issue regardingthe San Juan Capistrano Mission and SJCcity council, Bob Highfill on the dis-enrollment issue, Nonnie Robbins on theReservation science and geology program,Ronnie Murphy AIWA event coordinatorand Color guard, Lucille Park UCSD rep-resenting Robin Wilson and the La Jollagrave site issue, Naomi Lake SDAI healthcenter, Pierre Romero Mesa College Nov.Native American Days, Christy Garcia AIRprogram summer, tutoring program andbanquet, Joaquin Sandoval Student HIVawareness conference 9/28/08, CarlosPelayo Peace and Dignity Run update,Paula Brim and Vickie Gambala came in alittle later and also had very good news.

Presentations:1. Abel Silvas Ahachemen advocate on

issue regarding the San Juan CapistranoMission and SJC city council also the SDmission had applied for a permit to erect astructure over recognized gravesites onApril; 2008. He also had a book on earlySan Diego Cemetery and news on the sitesat Matt La Jolla and Spindrift.

2. Joaquin Sandoval had a detailedschedule of events and speakers con-firmed for the Student HIV awarenessconference at the Handery hotel on

9/28/08 3. Naomi Lake SDAI health center

updated the summer camp and the roleshe would fulfill at the Student Conf:Cherokee Pipe ceremony.

4. Bob Highfill questioned why therewas not any notice or information avail-able on the local game of Peon. He alsodistributed details of the dis-enrollmentissue in a handout.

5. Carlos Pelayo Peace and Dignity Runupdate on the Baja CA Tecate to theCocopah route and presented items forpurchase in support of the activity.

6. Paula Brim distributed informationon the Joe and Vi Jacobs center at 404Euclid Ave. and Market St. as a likely loca-tion for future Holiday Dinner activates.

7. Vickie Gambala was very enthusias-tic over the success of the Soaring Eaglessummer dance classes and future SoaringEagles fall program. She had many col-ored posters and news of the Jump Starback to school night to be held in thesame location as the dance classes:Normal Heights community center 4649Hawley Blvd. SD, CA 92116.

Respectfully submittedRoy Cook, writer

Next Meeting: Fourth Friday,11:30 am to 1:00 pm at Cityof San Diego Clairemont CommunityCenter, 4731 Clairemont Drive, SD 91117

The American Indian Council’s purpose is to gather forround table updates and discussions on our programs,projects and events. Our goals are: 1. To maintain con-sistent and effective networking meetings in order toimprove communication and strengthen mutual sup-port for the benefit and empowerment of the NativeAmerican community. 2. The Council also serves as aunified advocate voice for community issues requiringour intervention. Meetings are held the fourth Friday ofthe month except for November and December whenthe Council sponsors the Community Holiday Dinners.

Council of American Indian Organizations of San Diego County

End of Summer meeting: August 22, 2008 El Bisarra has built a career around

bridge building between health serviceproviders and the San Diego communityin need. His continued presence at theAmerican Indian Health Center and hisquiet and effective motivational style hasbeen an important link with the commu-nity.

Always on the hunt for promising pro-grams and grants from the FederalGovernment and other supportive pro-grams El knew that he was on the righttrack when he attended a conference inDenver, CO sponsored by the SAMHSA.He came back with the resources to start a

HIV Rapid Response HIV Test. A programthat offers on the spot HIV testing withresults within 20 minutes. Clients aregiven incentive awards for participating.

Additionally he acquired the fundingresources necessary to offer our youth theopportunity to produce a Conference tobe held at the Handlery Hotel and Resort.All are invited to attend the Health,

Wellness Presentation Native YouthConference. “It’s Your Life, Live It Safe.September 28, 2008. (see below)

This comprehensive conferencewill include issues re: HIV, STI,Healthy Relationships, Alcohol &Drug Abuse, Teenage Pregnancies,Diabetes & Nutrition, TalkingCircles, Alternative Pipe Ceremony,Madd, a play written by one of theyouth participants. Entertainmentwill include 13 Soaring Eagles SanDiego Intertribal Southern/NorthernDrum (Roy Cook). The Master ofCeremony task will be shared withSheila Dasher, Youth Chairpersonand Randy Edmonds.

Youth Conference CoordinatorChristopher Scott a tribal member ofthe Rincon Reservation brought

together The 200 youth participants, sup-ported and assisted by 40 mentors fromthe community, including Micha Saurez,Naomi Lake, YAIVANative MovementCharley Narcomey, Sparrow Narcomey,Hector Parra, Sharon Lund, Chris Scott,Lori Lee, Diane Williams, Billy Rojas,

It’s Your Life, Live It Safe... Wellness andHealth Prevention Youth Conference

SEE Wellness and Health, page 13

Sheila Dasher and El Bisarra

Mentors for the event with the youth participants

Indian Voices • September 2008 13

By Nicole Lewis

SummerWe drove to the edge of the skyBearing gifts of turtle-shell rattlesVisions of strawberries seeded our minds

Awehai hovered aboveAutumnYellow Woman pollinated stories about the year the harvest moonflowered silken bundlesDancing stalks sweetened morselsThe savory rain kissed the Three Oristas

Corn beans squashWinterThe March winds blanketed the last chills of winterWhite Shell Woman will returnWe watched for her rainbow

Red orange yellow green blue purple violetSpringAt dawn we carried rainwater to Butterfly MaidenGifts of fresh flowers herbed into the earthBudding balance to the seasons

Lavender honeysuckle lilac bleed the horizon

PIQE is working to create a community in which parents and teachers collaborateto transform each child’s educational environment, both at home and at school, sothat all children can achieve their greatest academic potential. During the past 20years, PIQE has graduated more than 375,000 parents from the basic nine-weekparent involvement program andimpacted more than 1,000,000students.

Mission Statement To bring schools, parents, and

community together as equalpartners in the education ofevery child to provide all stu-dents with the option and accessof a postsecondary education.

Support PIQEThere are several ways you

can support PIQE to continuehelping parents to become effec-tive school advocates for theirchildren. To find out how youcan support PIQE visit http://piqe.org/Assets/Home/pledge.html

Learn About San Diego’sBest Kept Secret!

The Goddess Wheel

Washington, D. C.– U.S. DistrictJudge James Robertson agreed today toenter a written order next week that willallow Indian plaintiffs to promptlyappeal his latest rulings in the long-run-ning class action lawsuit over the gov-ernment’s mismanagement of Trustfunds for 500,000 individual IndianTrust beneficiaries.

Dennis M. Gingold, lead lawyer forthe plaintiffs, notified the Judge of plain-tiffs’ intention to appeal an August 7 rul-ing during a status hearing this after-noon. The appeal will focus on thejudge’s two recent opinions, includingthe most recent ruling that $455.6 mil-lion is due individual Indian beneficiar-ies.

Judge Robertson said at the Thursdayhearing that he will enter an order nextweek and will hold in abeyance a deci-

sion on how the $455.6 million is to bedivided and distributed to account hold-ers pending a resolution of appellateissues.

Elousie Cobell, a member of theBlackfeet Nation from Browning, Mont.,and the lead plaintiff, said after the hear-ing that she was gratified that the Judgeagreed to enter a formal order so thatthe appeal can be expedited and post-judgment interest will begin to accrue.

Judge Robertson had entered only a“memorandum opinion” on August 7,which could not be appealed.

“The Judge’s agreement to enter a for-mal, written order will allow us topromptly resolve important issues undertrust law that will determine the fullextent of our recovery for the 121 yearhistory of the Trust,” Ms. Cobell said.

Judge Agrees to Issue Indian Trust Orderto Speed Appeal again. She needs your help to win!

Colorado - Senator SuzanneWilliams, a member of the ComancheNation, is seeking reelection to theColorado State Senate, District 28. Shehad no primary, but faces a Republicanin November. Help us propel her to vic-tory this fall!

Wyoming - Representative PatrickGoggles, a member of the NorthernArapaho Tribe, is running for reelectionto HD 33. We proudly endorsed him in2006, and are excited to do so again!

We have now endorsed 28 candi-dates, from 11 states and 19 tribes, whocan go on to the general election inNovember.

Since our founding 3 years ago, wehave experienced an impressive 79%win rate, with 22 of 28 of our endorsedcandidates winning in 2006 & 2007!With your help, we can do even more.

Please give today to INDN’s List tohelp us support these excellent candi-dates. Thank you for your support.

EndorsementsContinued from page 7

Chuck Cadotte, Joyce Parker and others.At the direction of El Bisarra, the entire

conference and production is in thehands and responsibility of the youth. “Asan Elder, what do I know about what thekids wants and needs are. I turned everyeverything to them. I am here to assistand troubleshoot”, he says with assur-ance.

The youth are represented byan ener-getic and committed Chairperson SheilaDasher, who has an AA Degree inJournalism from Southwestern College.She is interested in furthering her studiesat Indigenous Studies Program at ArizonaState University. She looks forward to see-ing a rebirth of traditional AmericanIndian values such as closer ties withfamilies. She believes that much of thebroken ties come from the BoardingSchool experience of some of the parentsand grandparents which severed theirsocial and family connection. “We cannotdeal with the the greater society in ahealthy way until we heal ourselves ...that’s what this conference is about.”

Ms. Dasher shares this enormousresponsibility with her Vice Chairperson,Jasmin Mim, Secretary/ Treasurer AliciaMiller, Melda Cadotte, Robert Solis,Jeanette Parker Angel Flores and BriannaMiller.

The community is appreciative to theEl Bisarra and the San Diego AmericanIndian Health Center for honoring theircommitment to providing “Excellence inHealth Care with Respect for Custom andTradition.”

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Wellness and HealthContinued from page 12

Bob Filner has a bill that wouldallow U.S. TV stations within 50miles of the U.S.-Mexico border tobroadcast in analog for five years afterthe rest of the industry is forced toswitch to digital. The idea behind the“DTV Border Fix Act” – which Filneris co-sponsoring in the House – is tomake sure Americans living along theborder still will get televised public-safety messages.

Digital TV

Pet Tip of the Month comes from the Animal Emergency Center located at 3340Patrick Lane. They service all pet owner’s needs (exotics included) during latenight and early morning hours between 6 pm to 8am and be reached at 702-457-8050. Aubrey suggests not using metal bowls when keeping your animals outside.If the animal drinks the water it causes serious dehydration and sickness. A sturdyplastic bowl is suggested and should be kept in a shady or protected area. Do youhave a great pet tip? If so email it to kenaadams@indianvoices.net

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UPTOWN VIEWThe 5TH Story

UPTown View of the 702 • Edited by Kena Adams

Pet Tip of the Month

Public Announcements always welcome. Indian Voices is distributed betweenthe 1st through the 5th each month. Please send all announcements tokenaadams@indianvoices.net by the 20th of the month. 702-787-6365

Just over a year old and the Diversityand Inclusion Department has madeleaps and bounds in servicing all ofUNLV’s diverse students, gay and lesbianincluded. Vice President of Diversity andInclusion, Dr. Christine Clark, couldn’tbe a better leader in fighting forDiversity and Inclusion. Her relentlessspirit, extensive experience, knowledgeand countless years of service at manyUniversities nationwide make her theperfect candidate for such a position.With budget cuts gripping Las Vegas onewonders how Diversity and Inclusionwill fair? “I will never allow diversity tobe put on the back burner due to budgetcuts. I’ve dealt with them a few timesbefore, being creative is the key.” Dr.Clark is truly dedicated to seeing diversi-ty becoming part of the fabric at UNLV.Her accomplishments precede her. In2007 and 2008, in collaboration withJuanita Fain, Vice President for Planning,Dr. Clark identified ten diversity-relatedInstitutional Development Grant propos-als for funding, which were funded col-laborately promoting partnership build-ing. With a seed of $150,000 each,Diversity and Inclusion are in the worksof a Research Center for the Study ofRace, Class, and Social Justice and anInstitute for Multicultural Education &Diversity Training. February 2008Diversity and Inclusion sponsored 8 stu-dents and 7 faculty members to attendthe American Association of Hispanics inHigher Education (AAHHE) SecondLatino / Student Success Institute inMiami, Florida. The new website was

launched as well. A feature element ofthe website is the “First GenerationCollege Student Success Stories” web-page, where First Generation Collegegraduates, UNLV faculty and staff sharestheir success stories with students,prospective students and their families.Dr. Clark and Dr. Suzanne Espinoza areworking on developing a more diversity-sensitive admissions process that inte-grates NSHE and BOR requirements.The Office of the Vice President forDiversity and Inclusion hosted a series ofconversations between full time facultyof color and UNLV Vice Presidents andDeans focused on improving the recruit-ment, retention, tenure, and promotionof Latin, Black, Native, and AsianAmerican faculty. Dr. Clark says thatthey would definitely see an increase inenrollment and retention of students byoffering more diversity courses at UNLV.Also in February of 2008 the Venetian,Clark County School District andDiversity and Inclusion hosted 400Clark County High School students inthe AVID Program (Advancement viaIndividual Determination) where stu-dents participated in various pre-collegeworkshops. Honestly I could go on andon about the accomplishments achievedby the Diversity Department and theirfearless leader, Dr. Christine Clark. Withonly one year under her belt IndianVoices can’t wait to see what is in storefor Diversity and Inclusion in 2009. Formore information call 702.895.3888 oremail christine.clark@UNLV.edu

Dr. Christine Clark’s BABY; Diversity &Inclusion Unite Nurture Learn Voice

Announcement“Wellbriety” talking circle meets every Monday between 7-8:30 at the Paiute

Health Center located on Main behind the Paiute Smoke Shop.

Friday August 8th, 2008, The UrbanVoice kicked off its new magazine with acommunity gathering. Jonathan MacArthur, Ward 5 Chamber Chair, KatherineJoseph, Patricia Cunningham, T. Jones,Stan Washington, Brother WesleyMuhammad and The Urban Voice staffswere among the many in attendance.Anthony Snowden, a community activistand part owner to The Urban Voice,hopes to see this community magazine dowell. This is the only magazine of its kindhere in Las Vegas and plans to donate10% of all profits to local charities. It will

specifically target the many black profes-sionals who have, and continue to, con-tribute to the Las Vegas Valley. The firstissue will be released September 1st andThe Urban Voice is planning to blanket10,000 copies throughout the “TheHistoric Westside” and surrounding areas.For more information on this new maga-zine visit the website at www.theurban-voice.com. Need advertising opportunityor promotional items? Email kena@theur-banvoice.com

The Urban Voice is powered by 62030Media, Inc.

The Urban Voice Targeting BlackProfessionals of Las Vegas

Just recently Indian Voices attendedHonor the Elders function where theycame in contact with Brother Vernon andSister Emma both representatives of TheNation of Islam. I have covered a fewHonor the Elder’s function’s and neverremember The Nation being in atten-dance. For so many The Nation of Islamis perceived as some radical secret societythat wants nothing more than to destroyanyone that does not believe in theirways. It’s funny because honestly thereare a lot of so called religions that dobelieve that way but never get as muchnegative publicity as The Nation. IndianVoices was cordially invited to attend aSunday service with our local Muslims at

Brother Duke’s Mosque located onJackson and D Street. I have to admit Iwas quite nervous and had no idea whatto expect. After listening to TheHonorable Minister Louis Farrakhan viasatellite I had a chance to talk to some ofour local Muslims which enlightened andexcited me. Just as our Indigenous areSovereign Nations, is it too much forMinister Farrakhan to want the same forhis people? Is it too much to want a goodquality of life for your family and to betreated fairly in all you do? Many peoplesee the Nation of Islam as a brutal overzealous group of fanatics, but the truth isthey want the same thing all of us want,happiness and prosperity for their people.

The Nation of Islam andIndigenous of America

Question of the Month comes from a former Ward 5 business owner. Nakiafrom VIP Bail bonds states that Ward 5 claims revitalization, yet she is a businessowner that was denied a permit and business license after already being in busi-ness for three years in the same area.“ I pay taxes, donate money to my localchurch and sports teams, and donate to 88.1, so why would Ward 5 not want mehere when I contribute so much to this district? So my question is does Ward 5really welcome revitalization? And if so why would they discourage new business-es?” Nakia happens to be the only female African American owned bail bonds inthe state of Nevada. She WAS one of the only bail bonds servicing the HistoricWestside. Have no fear concerned business owner Indian Voices will have yourresponse in the next issue. Readers if you have any comments concerningQuestion of the Month email kenaadams@indianvoices.net

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Learn about and discuss issues sur-rounding the Native American GravesProtection and Repatriation Act in a safespace with Dr. Sherry Hutt, ProgramManager with the National NAGPRAProgram; Carole Goldberg, J.D.,Professor of Law at UCLA and FacultyChair of UCLA Law School’s NativeNations Law and Policy Center; LouieGuassac, Sycuan Consultant; and Dr.Ross Frank, UCSD Department of Ethnic

Studies and author of UCSD’s NAGPRAMinority Report. Moderated by DevonLomayesva, Executive Director of theCalifornia Indian Legal Services andmember of the Iipay Nation of SantaYsabel.

A reception will follow.Multi-purpose Room, Student

Services CenterFor more information, contact

nasa@ucsd.edu

Grave Injustice: UC SanDiego Repatriation Teach-In August 8, 2008

City Council Rudy Ramirez; 276 4th Avenue • Chula Vista, CA 91910E-mail: rramirez@ci.chula-vista.ca.us

Councilperson Ramirez:On November 11, 2007 we corresponded with you regarding a blatant case of

POLICE BRUTALITY in Chula Vista (the Morales case), as reported in the SD Union.I stated then, the reported Morales case is, “a classic case of police brutality carriedunder the color of authority, reminiscent of the treatment of Mexicans in Texas byTexas Rangers and Afro-Americans in the antebellum South.”

At the time we urged you to, • Call for an official investigation of the matter, to review and change CVPD poli-

cies, and consider calling for the establishment of a police review board with sub-poena powers, and

• If the courts decided in favor of the pending lawsuit (Morales), guilty CV policeofficers be disciplined, charged with a crime, or fired!

Your response at the time was to hide behind the city’s argument that that thecase was in litigation and you could not say, or do anything. Since CV has basicallypleaded guilty and paid $400,000.00 of taxpayers money to settle - the case is nolonger in litigation. Questions, what are you going to do now to address the issue ofpolice brutality, and will you call for?

1. The charging with a crime, and firing of Officer Moises Rodriquez? 2. Investigate, discipline, charge or fire the 10 named officer in Morales lawsuit? 3. Investigate, discipline, charge or fire the four officers named in Morales amend-

ed lawsuit that stalked and harassed him for exercising his legal right to sue?4. Investigate, discipline, charge or fire Assistant City Attorney, Bart Miesfeld for

his attempts to cover up the wrongdoing or illegal action of CV police officers?The community awaits your response.Herman Baca, President

Police Brutality

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid says he is pre-pared to join the City of Reno’s lawsuitto force Charter Cable to keep publicaccess stations on the analog tier.

Charter wants to move communitystations 12 to 17 onto the three-digitpremium tier where cable customerswould have to pay a monthly fee andpay for a converter box to be installed.A citizens’ group brought the problem topublic attention and it and the City ofReno are planning a lawsuit if an agree-ment cannot be worked out in talkswith Charter, which agreed to delay thechange for 90 days.

In an interview with the News &Review, Reid said, “So I’m glad-it’s myunderstanding that the City of Renofiled a lawsuit and I’m glad. I’d like tojoin in that. I think it’s wrong.”

Under federal law, the cable industry,in exchange for its use of the public’sinfrastructure, must fund public accessprogramming and provide channels forit. In northern Nevada, Sierra NevadaCommunity Access Television teachesresidents how to produce their own tele-vision shows and also carries the meet-ings of local governing bodies.

Reid ready to join legal actionagainst Charter Cable

NAGPRA Training – San Diego, CARegistration

The October 10, 2008 training is offered at no charge. Space is limited, so regis-tration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the number of registrants reachesthe capacity of the training room, subsequent registrants will be wait-listed.Completed registration forms must be received by the National NAGPRA Programno later than September 19, 2008.

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