Ernie C. Salgado Jr., Editor: The Indian Reporter
Ernie C. Salgado Jr.
Tribal: Luiseño
Reservation: Soboba Indian Reservation
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JOSEPH BURTON to meet President Obama at White House
Oregon State basketball player is second Soboba band member to meet sitting president...
SOBOBA Family Honors Ernie Salgado on his 89th birthday
See Ernie's professional photo blog of the party.
SOBOBA TEEN GIRL Traces D-Day Steps of Great Grandfather
Corryn (Salgado) Flores, a Soboba teenager, wrote an essay when she was a 13 year old exploring the irony of her great-grandfather's service during World War II even though he was not born an American citizen and her subsequent trip to Normandy, France this summer and the site of the D-Day battleground where her great-grandfather, Ernest Salgado, Sr. landed on Omaha Beach, Normandy with the invasion forces on June 6, 1944....
"FIG TREE JOHN" Fact or Myth?
Yes, for us Indians “Fig Tree John” was a real person. His real name was John Razon and he was a tribal member of the Torres Martinez Band of Cahuilla Indians. He was also the Tribal Spokesman for the Torres Martinez Tribal Council during the 1920’s. He was also a member of the Mission Indian Federation...
Native American Vote VETERANS
Maybe the Native American vote will be the difference in the upcoming senate elections. If this is possible then below is information that will benefit Native Americans. The SSCRA of 1940 prohibited states from taxing the military wages of Native Americans but this law was ignored by states until 2001...
NATIVE AMERICAN KILLERS
Alcohol is the Single Most Dangerous Drug on the Plant and is legally sold in almost every town, city and state in the country and even on some reservations in the country. Alcohol abuse in the Native American community is epidemic and the leading cause of death of the tribal youth than any other drug. Methamphetamine is the second leading drug of choice among the drug users, which is combined with the legal drug of alcohol in the nation today....
Soboba 62-year water struggle not over yet!
Just when the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians thought their water battle was over with the signing of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians Settlement Act by President George W. Bush on July 31, 2008 the Obama administration has decided that it doesn’t have the money to pay the tribe the $11 million dollars the federal government owes the tribe as its part of the settlement with the tribe....
IN MEMORY OF Captain Ed Freeman, Medal of Honor Recepient
Captain Ed Freeman served second-in-command of A Company, 229th Aviation Battalion in 1965-66. On November 14, 1965, he flew a Huey helicopter in support of LTC Hal Moore and the 1/7th Cavalry fighting against three battalions of NVA at LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley. Captain Freeman flew 14 missions into the face of enemy fire over the course of the first day to deliver much needed ammo and water, and to evacuate wounded soldiers.
Sherwood Valley adopts tribal nutrition policy — Innovative effort to address diabetes and obesity
On the social networking site Facebook, friends can jokingly share “commods gifts” that demonstrate the high fat, sugar and salt content of government issued processed foods that have long been staples in many Native households: Canned beef, peaches, milk and beef stew; powdered milk; bags of farina, macaroni and cheese, roast beef and instant potatoes...
We Can't Blame White People any Longer, by Bill Cosby.
They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: "Why you ain't, Where you is, Who you be...".
WHILE WE WERE DISTRACTED BY THE SWINE FLU...FR DOC E9-2488 was passed yesterday, behind our backs...You may want to read about it. It wasn't mentioned on the news. By executive order, President Barack Obama has ordered the expenditure of $20.3 million in "immigration assistance" to the Palestinian refugees and "conflict victims" in Gaza....
THE BIRTH OF THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN EDUCATION CENTER ACT and the California Indian Health Act, 1973 and 1974
The movie "Milk" has prompted me to write up the story on how Joe Carrillo, Dan Bomberry and I were able to get two state Indian laws passed, the first laws in the nation to use state general tax funds for the benefits of American Indians....
WARRIORS AGAINST DRUGS
As tribal elders we must provide leadership to our young people as "Warriors Against Drugs." We are a resilient and tenacious people and we have been able to meet every challenge to wipe us from the face of the earth including genocide....
TRIBES FACE ECONOMIC GLOOM
Gaming Tribes react to 2008 world financial crisis, "The new game in town is 'Competition' and it will be brutal...".
PUBLIC LAW 280 FORUM
Soboba Indian Reservation -- Almost 55 years to the day of August 15, 1953, when Public Law 280 was implimented on all California Indian Reservations, the Soboba Tribal Council settles a bitter dispute over jurisdiction on the Soboba Indian Reservation with the Riverside County Sheriff Department....
SOBOBA TRIBE SETTLES 62-YEAR WATER ISSUES
On July 31, 2008 President Bush's signature the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians Settlement Act into law ending a 62-year-old Soboba Tribal water rights dispute involving the Eastern Municipal Water District and Metropolitan Water District. Tribal Chairman Adam Castillo filed the original lawsuit in 1946. “It’s been a long process” Soboba Tribal Chairman, Robert J. Salgado said...on Friday, August 15, 2008....
CHAIRMAN ROBERT SALGADO Receives National Award
The National Indian Gaming Association awarded Chairman Salgado the Wendell Chino Humanitarian Award at the group's annual conference in San Diego....
CALIFORNIA INDIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Report on the Fifth Annual State Conference and American Indian Workshops, San Diego CALIF — 1971 — DOWNLOAD PDF
Edited by Gwen Cooper, Ken Martin, Roy Cook.
Ernie's Community Blogs:
YOUTUBE political and military verteans' blog.
MYSPACE culture blog.
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