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  • Former Pomo leader expelled from tribe - He says move came after he asked about spending, casinos

    05/01/2006 7:54:21 AM PDT · by SmithL · 25 replies · 694+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 5/1/6 | Jason B. Johnson
    Eddie Vedolla is a Pomo, was raised on the Guidiville Rancheria by a grandfather who was a Pomo, and is so proud of his heritage that he served five years on the Guidiville tribal council. But those who succeeded him on the council said he is not a Guidiville Pomo, and they simply expelled him from the tribe. "We grew up on the Guidiville Rancheria. My grandfather raised us," he said. Being expelled is "incredibly devastating. It just devastated my whole family." Vedolla, 66, is among a growing number of American Indians who say they've been banished from their tribes...