Health & Fitness
Pechanga Tribes Theft of Per Capita From Disenrolled Members Reaches $400 Million Mark
The hidden stories of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, which has stripped 25% of their members of their citizenship. If the Pechanga Band will cheat their own, won't they cheat their customers?
$400 MILLION! Remember that the next time Pechanga gives $5,000 to a school.
The Apis/Manuela Miranda family was disenrolled two years prior, in 2004, our previous posts mistakenly put their disenrollment in 2005. The per capita was slightly less, about $17,000 per month times 102 months of termination: $1.734 million times 135 adults equals: $234 million.
The Hunter family has lost $1.742 million per person, in per capita payments alone. We arrived at that figure by taking the last full year of per capita $268,000/12 months ($22,333 per month) and multiplying that loss times 78 months of disenrollment. 95 adults at the time of disenrollment equals: $165,487,000
These totals do not include lost education assistance nor does it account for family members that attained the age of majority.
Moratorium People NEVER shared in what was rightfully theirs. The per capita went up to $360,000 per year for those remaining after elimination of tribal citizens. But the moratorium people have certainly had over $2 MILLION dollars cheated from them.
And the tribe will say, “it’s not about the money”. There are 400 MILLION reasons why that's a lie. But here are the consequences of Pechanga's unconstitutional actions:
Pechanga now has a group living on the reservation that have:
• Lost the right to vote
• Lost their rights to healthcare provided by the government.
• Their children can no longer attend tribal schools
• They can no longer be buried in the reservation cemetery with their relatives.
• Have no access to tribal health center
• Are not protected by the Tribal Rangers.
I'll blog on the apartheid being practiced on the reservation soon.
