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Pechanga's Disenrollment Decade: Ten Years of Theft of Heritage/Apartheid

As this month is TEN YEARS since the Manuela Miranda descendants have been disenrolled, we are putting this Chronology of Events of Pechanga's Disenrollments up for review.  Please share with your friends and Social Media.

 
1. In December 2001, apparently in the holiday spirit, Yolanda McCarter (niece of Irene Scearce and Ruth Masiel  OP: and she is the porcine one on the Pechanga infomercial saying she could die happy if she didn't have the casino money.) submitted a letter to Enrollment Committee demanding the Committee research several families including ours.  The request stated that "this (be) straightened up before the next election in July." (So that there would be fewer votes for any opposition, a clear sign that they wanted to disenfranchise "several families" from voting.

Read more:  http://www.originalpechanga.com/2014/03/the-disenrollment-decade-pechangas.html

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