California State Capitol Rally Protests Disenrollments

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Several hundred disenrolled members of various California tribes staged a lengthy and loud protest on the steps of the state capitol asking Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state legislature to immediately halt signing new compacts with the state’s tribes as a first step toward creating an inter-tribal appeals process for disenrollees.
At least nine tribes were represented at the July 14 demonstration and are perhaps a testament to a growing controversy in which increasing numbers of the state’s tribes are finding themselves left without tribal membership. . .