Col. Van T. Barfoot (ret.) WW II Medal of Honor
Mr. Barfoot (Choctaw) is one of only five American Indians to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the 20th century. He served heroically in the WW2, Korean and Vietnam wars...then his neighborhood association told the 90-year-old warrior to take down his flag pole...
ROUND TABLE ON CALIFORNIA EDUCATION:
Why is California not hosting a Roundtable on Education?
California has the highest population with Over 450,000 American Indians which is approx 15% of the Nations American Indian population — California also has the highest number of reservations and rancherias with 101 of the nations 505, approx 20% — it seem that the U.S. Department of Education lacks or needs some education as to the demographic of the American Indian population in California.
Remarks by President Obama at Bill Signing For The Claims Resolution Act — the Cobell v. Salazar Settlement:
"After 123 years of living with what Congress once called the ‘Broken Trust,’ people throughout Indian Country will see Wednesday as a monumental day," said Ms. Cobell, a member of Montana's Blackfeet Nation...MORE.
BO MAZZETTI blames the governor not the DOI
Without protection against bad faith practices by states, tribal negotiations have often been hijacked by governors through political blackmail, stalling, and infinite legal challenges...
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...".
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....
