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Former Pomo leader expelled from tribe - He says move came after he asked about spending, casinos
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 5/1/6 | Jason B. Johnson

Posted on 05/01/2006 7:54:21 AM PDT by SmithL

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1 posted on 05/01/2006 7:54:28 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL
Sounds like the tribes are run by the mob.
2 posted on 05/01/2006 7:57:19 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: SmithL

To quote Navin Johnson, "Oh.....it's a money thing."


3 posted on 05/01/2006 7:57:30 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: SmithL

To quote Navin Johnson, "Oh.....it's a money thing."


4 posted on 05/01/2006 7:57:35 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: SmithL

To quote Navin Johnson, "Oh.....it's a money thing."


5 posted on 05/01/2006 7:57:35 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: Onelifetogive

I swear the triple post was a "Freerepublic" thing......not a OLTG thing!


6 posted on 05/01/2006 7:58:34 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: SmithL
But those who succeeded him on the council said he is not a Guidiville Pomo, and they simply expelled him from the tribe.

That's Crazy Talk......at least that's his tribal name.

7 posted on 05/01/2006 8:00:23 AM PDT by edpc
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To: Onelifetogive

This same thing happened at Prior Lake, Minnesota when non-friends of the chief's family were declaired "non-Indians" and thus not on the money list of $1 million/year.


8 posted on 05/01/2006 8:02:18 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: SmithL; NormsRevenge; nickcarraway

I've decided to start my own tribe, with the goal of someday having our own Casino.

The Badonkadonk Tribe of Cupertino.

Wanna join? There's a small fee.


9 posted on 05/01/2006 8:02:25 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Onelifetogive
You speak with forked tongue.

You're expelled.

Good bye.

10 posted on 05/01/2006 8:02:34 AM PDT by battlegearboat
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To: SmithL

I didn't know there were Pomo's in San Francisico.
To create more Pomo's, do they engage in Pomosexual relations?


11 posted on 05/01/2006 8:04:22 AM PDT by Waverunner
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
were declaired "non-Indians"

If they are able to declare people "non-Indians", why is Ward Churchill still considered to be an "Indian"?????

12 posted on 05/01/2006 8:07:58 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: SmithL

The United States government has a history of mistakes.

We had the Jim Crowe laws which we abolished.

Now is the time to abolish the whole concept of "reservations".

We should declare the land to be part of the United States and all people within those lands to be US citizens, and then demand that they comply with our laws.

If they want to keep their little communes, that is fine, but they should be required to live by our laws.

Our constitutions says that you can not punish people because of their blood line, and for that reason you should not be able to give them advantages for their blood lines. The idea that someone is entitled to operate a casino because they are 1/8th indian is reprehensible. Imagine making a law that restricted someone from voting because they were 1/8th indian? We need to change this system.

Of course, it won't happen because the Mafia figured out how to use indian gaming years ago. Balleys (The corporate arm of the Cosa Nostra) is in so deep that we could never get the Congress (Reps or Dems) to act.


13 posted on 05/01/2006 8:07:58 AM PDT by Paloma_55 (Sarcasm should be assumed at all times....)
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But, But ... How can this BE? I mean, Injuns, excuse me, Native American Personnel, are just so much more spiritual and in touch with the earth and stuff than we are. How could this be an issue? It's only us dead white European male persons who are into exclusion and money and lack of divversity.

My whole universe is being uprooted here!

Not.

14 posted on 05/01/2006 8:10:41 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (If you find yourself in a fair fight, you did not prepare properly.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I was thinking the same thing. Its pretty sure the Indians dont have a democracy as to speak out means expulsion.

When you wanted out of the Mafia it meant death, I guess it isnt that bad yet.

Money and Power are corrupting influences and woe betides the one who interferes with either.


15 posted on 05/01/2006 8:10:49 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: SmithL

Awright already...I'll ask the question. When will the Gubmint realize that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has outlasted its usefulness? When will they finally stop recognizing Indian tribes officially? When will they start treating Indians as plain, ordinary folk like the rest of us? The Injun Wars were a loooong time ago. Best to let it rest. And that may help put an end to the money-grubbing, soul-stealing fiascos known as Indian casinos...SSZ


16 posted on 05/01/2006 8:10:52 AM PDT by szweig
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Exactly! I was thinking the same thing. Out at Mystic Lake Casino.

The people who were declared non-tribal members actually could prove their lineage - but the tribal leadership said that they (and they alone) were the arbiters who could be considered a tribal member or not.


17 posted on 05/01/2006 8:26:27 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Onelifetogive

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.


18 posted on 05/01/2006 8:46:51 AM PDT by SmithL (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

OLTG....taking the short cut to the 10,000 post mark!

19 posted on 05/01/2006 8:50:33 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: SmithL
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

OLTG....taking the short cut to the 10,000 post mark!

20 posted on 05/01/2006 8:50:33 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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