Tribal CitizenshipDisenrollment
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Evicted residents prepare to speak out (5/10/2012)
(California) -- Five former residents evicted from Robinson Rancheria on Tuesday will meet Thursday afternoon with Lake County Publishing staff to share "their side...
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Calif. tribes cut off members in bloodline clashes (3/18/2012)
(California) -- A Native American advocacy group estimates that more than 3,000 members of two dozen California tribes have been cut off over the last 15 years in...
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Families expelled from Pala tribe sue feds (3/18/2012)
(California) -- A woman with a blood disease lost her health insurance, a young woman starting college could lose her scholarship, a man could lose his job and a woman...
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Pala tribe roiled by bloodline dispute (3/17/2012)
(California) -- When Margarita Owlinguish Britten died in 1925, she was a revered elder of the Pala Indian tribe, a survivor of the forced relocation in 1903 of the...
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Chukchansi has a history of strife (3/4/2012)
(California) -- A 38-hour standoff and a melee by feuding members of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians last week put a national spotlight on the tribe...
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1 Stabbed, Others Hurt In Chukchansi Tribal Office Fight (2/28/2012)
(California) -- Protests turned violent at the Chukchansi tribal office in Coarsegold Tuesday morning. A brawl involving about 40 people broke out just after 10 a.m.
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2 injured, 2 arrested in Calif. tribal standoff (2/28/2012)
(California) -- The dispute between two factions of a Central California casino tribe that has recently expelled dozens of members has turned violent.
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2 injured, 3 arrested in Calif. tribal standoff (2/28/2012)
(California) -- A two-day standoff between factions of a California Indian tribe split on leadership and the expulsion of tribal members ended after the sheriff...
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Chukchansi tribe members call 48 hour truce (2/28/2012)
(California) -- Madera County authorities remain on alert near the Chukchansi resort, after a dispute between rival tribe members led to a riot on the property. A...
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Dispute between members of Central Calif. tribe turns violent (2/28/2012)
(California) -- A two-day standoff between factions of a California Indian tribe split on leadership and the expulsion of tribal members ended after the sheriff...
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Two Injured in Chukchansi Related Riot (2/28/2012)
(California) -- A feud between two groups of the Chukchansi Indian Tribe erupted in a violent riot in Coarsegold Tuesday morning. Madera County Sheriff Spokesperson...
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BIA Recommends Reversal of Pala Band Original 8 Disenrollments (2/28/2012)
(California) -- Here is the letter: Pala Disenrollments Response-Chappabitty Letter.2.28.12pdf. Prior materials are here.
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PALA: Feds recommend tribe readmit expelled Pala members (2/28/2012)
(California) -- The Bureau of Indian Affairs recommended Tuesday that eight people expelled from the Pala Band of Mission Indians last year be readmitted, according to a...
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Chukchansi Members Storm Tribal Headquarters (2/27/2012)
(California) -- Aftter tribal members stormed the Chukchansi headquarters, the old and new council went into a closed door meeting with their attorneys. After several...
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Chukchansi tribe members take over casino offices (2/27/2012)
(California) -- A standoff between two factions of the Chukchansi tribe is still underway at this hour after one group barricaded itself inside tribal headquarters.
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Dispute continues for the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians tribal council (2/27/2012)
(California) -- The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians tribal council is trying to guarantee its hold on power by targeting tribal members who support a group that...
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Feud Continues at Chukchansi Indian Reservation (2/27/2012)
(California) -- Protesters surrounded the tribal gates at the Chukchansi Indian Reservation, armed with signs and slogans. The group, led by Morris Reid, took over the...
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Rival Chukchansi group breaks into tribal offices (2/27/2012)
(California) -- A group that says it should be sitting as the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians tribal council cut locks and entered the tribal office building...
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Hardship follows some expelled Pala members (2/18/2012)
(California) -- After her mother and her sister died of breast cancer, Berdine Riggs, 40, decided not to take a chance and had both her breasts removed, on the advice of...
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OP/ED: Disenrollments are nothing short of tribal terrorism (2/18/2012)
(California) -- The Sierra Star has done an excellent job in bringing the shameful acts of dissenrollments of members of the Chukchansi Indians to the public.
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BIA says Chukchansi people can 'work it out' (2/9/2012)
(California) -- With losers of a December Chukchansi tribal council election still seated at the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, election winners have met with...
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Chukchansi removes more members (2/9/2012)
(California) -- For one family, descendants of the last Chukchansi chief, Chief Hawa and his daughter Princess Melliot, being Chukchansi has always been a way of life.
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Pala Casino Kicks Out Members (2/6/2012)
(California) -- Two casino-owning tribes in California have thinned their membership ranks over the last several months, cutting off scores of people from a share of...
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Calif. casino tribes kick out some members (2/4/2012)
(California) -- Two casino-owning tribes in California have thinned their membership ranks over the last several months, cutting off scores of people from a share of...
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Pala Indians Reduce Membership by 17% (2/4/2012)
(California) -- The Pala Band of Mission Indians have disenrolled 154 people from its North County tribe — about 17 percent of the nation. Spokesman Doug Elmets...
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Pala disenrolls 154 tribal members (2/3/2012)
(California) -- The Pala Band of Mission Indians earlier this week disenrolled 154 people from its North County tribe — about 17 percent of the total nation.
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Pala Indian Tribe Expels 154 (2/2/2012)
(California) -- The North County tribe of the Pala Band Mission Indians has expelled 154 people on Wednesday. Tose expelled may have been connected with eight people...
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Pala Indian tribe in San Diego County expels 154 members (2/2/2012)
(California) -- The Pala Band of Mission Indians has expelled 154 people from the tribal membership roll, depriving them of a share of the profits from the band's...
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Pala tribe expels 154 people (2/2/2012)
(California) -- The Pala Band of Mission Indians on Wednesday expelled 154 people from its North County tribe, according to a Pala spokesman.
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San Diego County Indian tribe expels roughly 15 percent of members (2/2/2012)
(California) -- An Indian tribe in San Diego County has expelled 154 of its members, and those ousted from the Pala Band stand to lose out on a hefty share of the tribe...
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San Diego County tribe expels 154 members (2/2/2012)
(California) -- A northern San Diego County tribe has expelled 154 people, or about 15 percent of its members. The North County Times says the expulsions were approved...
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Chukchansi Indians tribal council dispute at standoff (1/13/2012)
(California) -- Two groups claim to be in charge of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians tribal council. One holds meetings in a private banquet room on the top...
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Chukchansi Tribe Dealing With Tension (12/28/2011)
(California) -- A recent election of new leadership for the Indian tribe that oversees Chukchansi Casino has resulted in an inner conflict. The newly seated Tribal...
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Chukchansi tribal members fight disenrollment (12/27/2011)
(California) -- Sheriff's Deputies and Highway Patrol officers were called in to keep the peace on the Chukchansi Indian Reservation near Coarsegold. Protestors...
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Elections Conflict at Chukchansi Indian Reservation (12/27/2011)
(California) -- A handful of Chukchansi Tribe members rallied outside the tribal office Tuesday morning. They are upset the council isn't recognizing two newly...
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Indian Tribe Cast Off Members (12/27/2011)
(California) -- It took Madera County Sheriff Deputies to break up a protest at the headquarters of the Chukchansi Indian tribe. Tribe members claim a recent election...
36 Total Articles on this Issue
State Recognition
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Recognizing Vermont's Abenaki (5/7/2012)
(Vermont) -- Governor Peter Shumlin signed legislation making the Missisquoi and Koasek Abenaki bands state-recognized tribes. Now, four of the states Abenaki tribes...
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Shumlin signs Abenaki recognition measures (5/7/2012)
(Vermont) -- ) -- Official recognition Monday for two native American tribes. On the statehouse steps in Montpelier, Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a bill declaring the...
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Vt. formally recognizes 2 bands of Abenaki (5/7/2012)
(Vermont) -- The state of Vermont now formally recognizes two more bands of the Abenaki Indian tribe. On the lawn of the Statehouse in Montpelier on Monday, Gov. Peter...
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Self-identified American Indian tribes renew fight for recognition (3/26/2012)
(Tennessee) -- The battle has raged for 12 years, with another skirmish set for House and Senate committee hearings Tuesday that could move three groups closer to state...
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Shipley renews recognition effort for Indian tribes (3/18/2012)
(Tennessee) -- State Rep. Tony Shipley is behind a renewed legislative effort to recognize Native American Indian tribes in Tennessee. Shipley’s legislation...
5 Total Articles on this Issue
Native Voices
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OP/ED: Blood quantum has little to do with tribal identity (3/23/2012)
(Montana) -- Remember when you were a little terror running around? You knew who you were and there was no such thing as an identity crisis. You were native because you...
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RUSSELL: Citizenship and Nations (3/20/2012)
(USA) -- Citizenship is a tricky word in Indian country. It’s “citizenship” rather than “membership” if an Indian nation is not a club and...
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Picayune Rancheria
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Chukchansi Elections Committee Speaks Out (3/3/2012)
(California) -- The Chukchansi Elections Committee explains the political problems that led to violence this week. Meanwhile, the 48 hour stand down expired but both...
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Deputies patrol around site of Calif. tribal fight (2/29/2012)
(California) -- Sheriff's deputies and security guards from rivaling factions of a California tribe were on patrol Wednesday, one day after a violent skirmish...
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Deputies Stationed at Chukchansi (2/29/2012)
(California) -- Madera Sheriff’s deputies are stationed at the tribal offices of the Chukchansi Indians. This comes after two people were injured in a riot late...
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Dispute between Indian factions heats up (2/29/2012)
(California) -- For two months, following a disputed election, the fight for control of the Chukchansi Indian tribe was a standoff.
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Rivalry erupts in violence for Chukchansi tribe (2/29/2012)
(California) -- A 38-hour standoff at the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians apparently ended peacefully Tuesday, hours after a near-riot on the tribe's...
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Chukchansi tribal leadership murky after contested election (12/27/2011)
(California) -- Leadership of the tribal council for the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians remained up in the air Tuesday, with both factions in a contested...
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Chukchansi Tribe's Controversial Elections (12/27/2011)
(California) -- Two Council Members of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians locked themselves in the tribal offices, changed the locks and put up chains on...
7 Total Articles on this Issue
Other News
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Researchers: No proof of Warren’s Indian heritage (5/15/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The New England Historical Genealogical Society, which originally announced they found evidence of Elizabeth Warren’s Native American heritage,...
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Brown camp again presses Warren on Native American claim (5/14/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- The campaign of Republican Sen. Scott Brown on Monday again pressed his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren, to release her full academic records...
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Brown turns questions over Warren’s heritage into campaign’s central focus (5/14/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- US Senator Scott Brown has turned questions over Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s claims of Native American ancestry into a key strategy in his bid...
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Elizabeth Warren’s Genealogical Challenge (5/14/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Elizabeth Warren has been taking a lot of heat lately for claiming Native American ancestry. But what do the records say? And what do they mean?
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Who's a Native American? It's complicated (5/14/2012)
(USA) -- The recent controversy over Massachusetts congressional candidate Elizabeth Warren's Native American ancestry, where the campaign of her opponent for a...
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Elizabeth Warren Did Not Claim Minority Status, Records Show (5/12/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Records show that the leading Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts identified her race as "white" on an employment record...
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OP/ED: Elizabeth Warren and the Politics of Being Indian (5/12/2012)
(USA) -- I listen to NPR nearly every morning just to have some background noise as I fry up an egg, toast a tortilla, and put an ice-cube in my tea so I can gulp it...
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Blackfeet reform effort stirs debate (5/11/2012)
(Montana) -- Montana's News Station recently shared the story of a group of Blackfeet who are trying to change the tribe's enrollment requirements so that...
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Elizabeth Warren went native at Penn, too (5/11/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Elizabeth Warren’s tumultuous Senate campaign was back on defense yesterday over her purported Native American roots after documents showed that...
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No marriage paper ‘proof’ found (5/11/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Revelations that Elizabeth Warren might not be able to prove her Native American roots means the struggling Democratic Senate candidate will face even...
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University of Pennsylvania Described Warren as a Minority Faculty Member (5/11/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Elizabeth Warren, a Senate candidate here who has been under fire for claiming minority status in a legal directory in the 1980s and ’90s, was...
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Cedric Sunray: Racist tendencies common in too many tribes (5/11/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Last month’s racially motivated killings in Oklahoma, perpetrated by Cherokee Indian Jake England and his white roommate against members of North...
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Brown Calls for Warren to Release Academic Records to Clarify Native Controversy (5/10/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- In a new wrinkle to the Elizabeth Warren Native American heritage controversy, Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., today released his most direct call for his...
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JoAnn Fitzpatrick: Elizabeth Warren -- Native American? (5/10/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Elizabeth Warren has no connection to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, which is a good thing, because if she did she might stand to benefit from a...
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OP/ED: Is 'one-drop' rule overruled? (5/10/2012)
(Illinois) -- So what if Elizabeth Warren claims to be part Native American? She's entitled, according to historical documents. Besides, Americans never have been...
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Debate continues over Blackfeet reform effort (5/10/2012)
(Montana) -- Montana's News Station recently shared the story of a group of Blackfeet who are trying to change the tribe's enrollment requirements so that...
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Preconceived ideas about at-large Cherokees needs examination (5/10/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Phoenix’s recent article about the work of the tribe’s Community Organization Training and Technical Assistance or COTTA Program...
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BLOG: Elizabeth Warren’s Native American Question (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- There used to be a building on Harvard Yard called Indian College; that was three and a half centuries ago, when Harvard was new. In 1650, in the...
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Brown blasts Warren over Native American issue (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- My colleague Manu Raju had Sen. Scott Brown taking about "questions" that have been raised over his Democratic rival Elizabeth Warren and...
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State-recognized Indian groups a growing problem for Oklahoma tribes (5/7/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- State-recognized tribes are starting to get more and more of the funding “pie” available to their federally recognized counterparts, the...
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