California Valley Miwok tribal eviction in process - help!

The California Valley Miwok Tribe is threatened with eviction from their homes and land. At this moment they have barricaded themselves in.
The first section of this blog is from a bulletin by my friend  Shahuna, who took upon him the task to help this tribe and who is in contact with them. Please do what you can to help this native tribe. What's happening to them will happen to all natives, if we don't stand up and fight together.
From what Shahuna told me, this matter is complex. The tribe is threatened with a foreclosure.
Yet, as i see it this is not just about recent financial and legal affairs. There is a longer history to it. Native American tribes lost their land long ago and were put away in reservations where they have very limited economic opportunities. This historic perspective should be considered first of all. The wrongs of the past need to be corrected first of all. Cosmic Eagles



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Shahuna's bulletin
I'd like to ask y'all to sign and circulate this petition. The Miwok Nation are about to be evicted from their homes and land. We need as many people on this as possible.

Thank you in advance.









http:/ /www.petitionspot.com/petitions/cvmtUCSD/

We the students of UCSD, our friends, and allies stand in solidarity to the injustice that is occurring to our brothers and sisters of the California Valley Miwok Tribe (CVMT). They are a federally recognized Tribe, (listed in the Federal Register and in the Dept. of the Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tribal Leaders Directory, Winter 2009), yet they received an eviction notice to leave their tribal lands TODAY JUNE 17!

The entire tribe, elders and children included, is going to be removed by force from their land with no place to go. They are forced to barricade themselves in the tribal office. Using filing cabinets and anything else they can use to secure the building in hopes to protect their culture, their people, and basically everything they have.

We ask that Miwok tribe be allowed to stay in the land they have lived on for 7 years and be given the chance to dialogue with the appropriate legislatures and/or officials about the matter.

If you can help; by all means contact Silvia Burley, Chairperson of the California Valley Miwok Tribal Council, at 209 931 4567

More info: http://intercontinentalcry.org/alert-court-ordered-eviction-of-california-valley-miwok-tribe/

Thank you,
from the Office of Local Affairs at University of California: San Diego
email: aslocalaffairs@ucsd.edu
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More information and videos

From the website of the tribe
"The local Bureau of Indian Affairs office has been influenced by a group that intends to take over the Tribe in order to conduct casino gaming under the Tribe’s name. The Tribe is fighting to protect our tribal sovereignty to determine our membership and elect our own leadership. 

For several years, the California Valley Miwok Tribe has successfully fought off the efforts of Chadd Everone, a.k.a. Chadd Ludwig, and his associates who are trying to take over the Tribe.

In addition to taking over the Tribe, Everone and his associates are seeking to take the Tribe’s share of the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund. Through the influence of two former California Gambling Control Commission employees, Peter Melincoe and Arlo Smith, Everone and his associates have successfully halted the disbursement of the Tribe’s RSTF money. Everone sought investors in his scheme by pledging the Tribe’s Revenue Sharing Trust Fund money. 

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Everone and his associates have managed to convince the BIA that there is a large group of “putative members” of the Tribe that deserve to be enrolled into the Tribe. This is a fabrication that the Tribe is trying to dispel."

http://californiavalleymiwoktribe.us/

California Valley Miwok Tribe - Tribal Extinction Conducted by the BIA/Developers - Part 2 (part 1 is the video above)

California Valley Miwok Tribe Chairperson Silvia Burley Native Voice TV Interview - Part 1

California Valley Miwok Tribe Chairperson Silvia Burley Native Voice TV Interview - Part 2

California Valley Miwok Tribe Chairperson Silvia Burley Native Voice TV Interview - Part 3

News Article

ALERT: Court Ordered Eviction of California Valley Miwok Tribe

Bay Area Indymedia - ‎Jun 18, 2009‎If you can help, please do not hesitate calling Silvia Burley, Chairperson of the California Valley Miwok Tribal Council, at 209 931 4567

Sign the petition
http:/ /www.petitionspot.com/petitions/cvmtUCSD/