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Evicted residents prepare to speak out
Five former residents evicted from Robinson Rancheria on Tuesday will meet Thursday afternoon with Lake County Publishing staff to share "their side of the story."  Enrollment6/6/2013
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Can you find the big secret in this casino?
(California) -- The Pala Indian reservation sits 40 miles northeast of San Diego, on 12,333 acres in the middle of the San Luis Rey River Valley. If you approach from...
5/23/2013
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Tribal standoff / Protesters arrested at Oroville’s Berry Creek Rancheria
(California) -- Shortly before noon on Thursday, May 16, Butte County sheriff’s deputies ended an 11-hour standoff at the Berry Creek Rancheria tribal headquarters...
5/22/2013
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Nooksack Tribe Seeks To Cut 15% Of Members
(Washington) -- What’s considered the largest proposed disenrollment of tribal members in Washington State is still moving forward, following a tribal court’...
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Tribal judge refuses to block disenrollment of 306 Nooksacks
(Washington) -- Nooksack Tribal Chief Judge Raquel Montoya-Lewis has cleared the way for tribal officials to go ahead with plans to strip 306 people of their membership...
5/21/2013
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Maidu protesters say dispute is over membership
(California) -- It's the same story heard across California in Indian gaming country — family against family with complex claims about the blood lineage of...
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Tribal Protestors Speak Out
(California) -- It's been five days since 20 protestors were arrested inside the tribal offices behind Gold Country Casino in Oroville, and they are now speaking out...
5/20/2013
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Embattled Nooksacks face tough fight in tribal court
(Washington) -- The sweeping legal authority of the Nooksack Indian Tribe's elected council could make it difficult for 306 tribal members to avoid the loss of...
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Ninth Circuit Sides with Cahto Tribe in Enrollment Dispute
(California) -- The Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, a small Northern California Tribe, can claim a Ninth Circuit Court of appeal victory in a case involving...
5/16/2013
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Deputies remove protestors barricaded in Oroville tribal offices
(California) -- An 11-hour protest inside Berry Creek Rancheria headquarters ended with about 20 people who had barricaded themselves inside tribal offices taken into...
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Oroville standoff ends with numerous arrests
(California) -- A lengthy standoff at the tribal headquarters of the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians in Oroville ended in multiple arrests Thursday afternoon.
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Violent Melee Breaks Out During Tribal Standoff
(California) -- A tribal dispute at the Berry Creek Rancheria in Oroville ended peacefully after an 11-hour standoff by a group of protestoers.
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Nooksacks facing disenrollment await judge's ruling
(Washington) -- More than 300 members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe must wait another week to find out if they will face loss of tribal membership and the benefits that...
5/15/2013
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No Role for BIA in Tribal Disenrollment Ruling
(California) -- The 9th Circuit on Wednesday narrowly overturned a ruling that would have forced the small Cahto Tribe in northern California to re-enroll 22 members.
4/11/2013
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Nooksack Indian Tribe in Disenrollment Fight
(Washington) -- Ethnic cleansing – the forced removal of a population from a designated piece of territory – is nothing new in America. The earliest example...
3/21/2013
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Nooksack Tribe In Membership Dispute
(Washington) -- Nooksack tribal members who are of Nooksack and Filipino decent, including two council members, say they’re being expelled because of racism and...
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Racism Allegations and Sovereign Immunity Surface in Suit Against the Nooksack Tribe
(Washington) -- In last week's cover story, we looked at allegations of racism in the tiny Sauk-Suiattle tribe, and the difficulty of seeking redress due to a legal...
3/19/2013
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Nooksack leaders trying to kick hundreds out of tribe
(Washington) -- Accusations of racism are pitting members of the same Indian tribe against one another. Leaders of the Nooksack nation are trying to kick out hundreds of...
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Nooksack tribe faces fierce dispute over tribal membership
(Washington) -- Four members of the Nooksack Indian Tribe have filed a lawsuit in tribal court hoping to overturn a tribal council action stripping them and 302 other...
3/13/2013
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TURTLE TALK: Federal Court Dismisses Pala Band Membership Claims On Sovereign Immunity Grounds
(California) -- Judge William Q. Hayes of the Southern District of California ruled that sovereign immunity barred claims against the Pala Band of Mission Indians...
1/10/2013
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Disputed Dry Creek tribal members lose appeal of disenrollment
(California) -- Two longtime Dry Creek Rancheria members who were running for office in a high-profile political battle learned Thursday they lost their appeal to stay...
12/4/2012
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GUEST OPINION: Tribe responds to PD editorial on 'disenrolling' members
(California) -- As the tribal administrator of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians and a tribal member, I am writing in response to The Press Democrat editorial...
11/27/2012
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9th Circuit dismisses Colville descendants' enrollment lawsuit
(Washington) -- Three descendants of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington can't challenge the tribe's enrollment procedures, the 9th...
11/20/2012
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PD Editorial: Power, abuse in determining tribal roots
(California) -- No one is more likely to hear from long lost relatives than the man who just won the lottery. The same is true of an Indian tribe that has or is about to...
11/18/2012
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Tribal roots dispute delays Dry Creek Pomo election
(California) -- Disputes over tribal membership have flared up again among the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians, prompting an indefinite postponement of the...
11/2/2012
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Tribal Descendents Seek Official Recognition
(California) -- Shonta Chaloux, 38, grew up on the San Pasqual Indian Reservation. He has served in tribal administrative positions and is a descendant of San Pasqual...
10/27/2012
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Children of San Pasqual members press for enrollment in tribe
(California) -- Shonta Chaloux, 38, grew up on the San Pasqual Indian Reservation. He has served in tribal administrative positions and is a descendant of San Pasqual...
9/10/2012
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Will Parrish: The Disenrollment Of Clayton Duncan
(California) -- For as far back as Clayton Duncan can trace, the maternal side of his family has belonged to the land in and around Robinson Rancheria: a federal Indian...
7/21/2012
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Decision expected in Tribal disenrollment cases
(Michigan) -- A Tribal judge will decide if some people granted membership in the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe who would not meet today’s ancestry requirements...
7/18/2012
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Decision expected in Tribal disenrollment cases
(Michigan) -- A Tribal judge will decide if some people granted membership in the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe who would not meet today’s ancestry requirements...
7/12/2012
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Chukchansi family files federal suit
(California) -- After months of conflict between two rivaling factions, both claiming to be the rightful tribal council of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians,...
6/18/2012
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Pala tribe affirms decision to expel 154 members
(California) -- The 154 people ousted from the Pala Band of Mission Indians in February were officially stripped of their tribal membership last week even though the...
5/11/2012
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Evictees, attorneys provide statements
(California) -- Evicted former members of Robinson Rancheria met with Lake County Publishing Thursday to share their experiences of a Tuesday eviction from the...
5/10/2012
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Evicted residents prepare to speak out
(California) -- Five former residents evicted from Robinson Rancheria on Tuesday will meet Thursday afternoon with Lake County Publishing staff to share "their side...
5/9/2012
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Robinson Rancheria evicts five disenrollees and their families
(California) -- On Tuesday several families that had been subject to tribal disenrollment several years ago were evicted from their homes on Robinson Rancheria. Tribal...
5/8/2012
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Robinson officials evict delinquent tenants from tribal housing
(California) -- On Tuesday law enforcement officers of the Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California evicted people who were illegally occupying five tribal homes...
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Robinson Rancheria begins tribal evictions
(California) -- Robinson Rancheria tribal police on Tuesday physically evicted residents of five homes for failing to pay tribal housing fees. Others evictions are...
4/22/2012
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Cast out of Paiute tribe, disenrolled confront struggles
(Nevada) -- Cameron Harris is only 3 years old, but he's already learning about his rich Paiute heritage. "My grandpa must be buried here," he says,...
3/30/2012
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Judge denies cash, benefits to family expelled from tribe
(California) -- A federal judge has denied a request by members of a family expelled from the Pala Band of Mission Indians to order the North County tribe to give them...
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U.S. judge rejects bid by ousted tribe members for reinstatement
(California) -- A federal judge in San Diego has refused to block the Pala Band of Mission Indians in northern San Diego County from "disenrolling" about five...
3/22/2012
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Pala membership dispute argued in court
(California) -- If the federal government doesn't step in quickly, members of a family expelled from the Pala Band of Mission Indians are likely to lose their homes...
3/18/2012
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Calif. tribes cut off members in bloodline clashes
(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
(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...
3/17/2012
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Pala tribe roiled by bloodline dispute
(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...
3/4/2012
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Chukchansi has a history of strife
(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...
2/28/2012
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1 Stabbed, Others Hurt In Chukchansi Tribal Office Fight
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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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Riot & Stabbing Leads To Sheriff Showing Force
(California) -- A 19-year old is recovering from stab wounds, after having emergency surgery, and two others were hurt, after a riot broke out Tuesday morning between...
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Two Injured in Chukchansi Related Riot
(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
(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
(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...
2/27/2012
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Chukchansi Members Storm Tribal Headquarters
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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...
2/18/2012
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Hardship follows some expelled Pala members
(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
(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.
2/9/2012
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BIA says Chukchansi people can 'work it out'
(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
(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.
2/6/2012
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Pala Casino Kicks Out Members
(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...
2/4/2012
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Calif. casino tribes kick out some members
(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%
(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...
2/3/2012
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Pala disenrolls 154 tribal members
(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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Evictions from tribes cost Indian families tens of thousands in income
(California) -- Members of the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians, which owns Valley View Casino in Valley Center, each earn nearly $100,000 a year in gambling revenues...
2/2/2012
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Pala Indian Tribe Expels 154
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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...
1/13/2012
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Chukchansi Indians tribal council dispute at standoff
(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...
12/28/2011
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Chukchansi Tribe Dealing With Tension
(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...
12/27/2011
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Chukchansi tribal members fight disenrollment
(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
(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
(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...
12/23/2011
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Judge rules in favor of ousted San Pasqual tribal members
(California) -- A federal judge has temporarily restored membership to about 60 members of a family who were disenrolled from the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians...
12/22/2011
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Judge temporarily blocks ouster of family from San Pasqual tribe
(California) -- A federal judge has effectively restored a family's status as members of the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians in Valley Center, pending the...
12/21/2011
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Chukchansi tribal council election nullified
(California) -- A Chukchansi tribal council election this month that ousted two supporters of tribal disenrollment has been nullified, keeping the tribe's membership...
12/12/2011
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In California, Indian Tribes With Casino Money Cast Off Members
(California) -- The six-page, single-spaced letter that Nancy Dondero and about 50 of her relatives received last month was generously salted with legal citations and...
11/24/2011
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Chukchansi tribe disenrolls 57 members
(California) -- The Chukchansi tribe disenrolled 57 members last month -- including a former tribal chairman -- and sent 200 more disenrollment notifications last week...
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Tribal disenrollment effort continues
(California) -- The first time Santa decided to only bring presents to some children at the annual Chukchansi Christmas with Santa Breakfast several years ago, parents...
11/19/2011
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Rift among United Auburn tribe members escalates
(California) -- Seven members of the United Auburn Indian Community – including a former chairwoman – are being stripped of casino payments of $30,000 a...
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STUTZ: Inner tribal dispute threatens Sacramento's Thunder Valley Casino
(Las Vegas) -- A massive rift has developed among members of the Northern California Indian tribe that operates the Thunder Valley Casino near Sacramento.
11/18/2011
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Thunder Valley owner’s tribal council disciplines seven
(California) -- The United Auburn Indian Community’s tribal council has suspended benefits to seven members involved in an acrimonious dispute involving...
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Chukchansi tribal members disenrolled
(California) -- Written on a beam holding up Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino are the names of the Chukchansi elders, like a symbol they would always stand as their...
11/17/2011
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EDITORIAL: No role for Congress
(California) -- The process of determining who is a legitimate member of an Indian nation is inherently an emotional one, and never more so than when tribes are...
11/15/2011
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Tribe affirms its decision to expel 8 members
(California) -- The tribal council of the Pala Band of Mission Indians said its decision to expel eight people from the San Diego County tribe was final, but the Bureau...
11/14/2011
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Ousted tribal members want Congress to help
(California) -- Ousted members of the Pala Band of Mission Indians in North County say they want the federal government to give them greater protections from being...
11/11/2011
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Tribe affirms its decision to expel 8 members
(California) -- The tribal council of the Pala Band of Mission Indians said its decision to expel eight people from the North County tribe was final, but the Bureau of...
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