By Onell R. Soto, STAFF WRITER
It’s amazing how many friends from freshman year just aren’t around anymore, Valley Center High School senior Kara Ballew recalled recently.
“Many of my peers have followed the wrong path through high school,” said Kara, who lives on the San Pasqual Indian Reservation. “A lot of my friends that started high [...]

Posted on May 31st, 2007 by admin
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by Roy Cook
As we move from the San Diego May grey into the bright sunny skies of Ramona our hearts beat a little faster and smiles come easier. The American Indian Warriors Association (AIWA) Color Guard is again assembling at the Santa Ysabel mission for the Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Tribal Memorial Day activities.
This [...]

Posted on May 30th, 2007 by admin
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By Vincent Nicolas Rossi
“The center of activity in Pauma Valley in 1846 was Rancho Pauma, owned by Jose Antonio Serrano,” wrote Hugh Crumpler in a 1987 San Diego Union article.
The rancho was granted to Serrano in November 1844 by then-Alta California Gov. Manuel Micheltorena, according to Robert Brackett’s 1939 book, “History of San Diego County [...]

Posted on May 20th, 2007 by admin
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By Onell R. Soto, STAFF WRITER
More than two months after evicting longtime residents of its reservation and announcing it was scaling down its casino plans, the Jamul Indian Village tribe says its gambling hall is still more than a year away.
The tribe this week began tearing down trees, picking up debris and placing silt fencing [...]

Posted on May 19th, 2007 by admin
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San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial
Broad questions linger two months after forcible evictions at the Jamul Indian Village and a public protest that ended in a physical confrontation.
Twice before the incident, the Sheriff’s Department told a county supervisor it “would keep the peace.” Yet, as evictions occurred early on March 10 and the 911 calls came in, [...]

Posted on May 10th, 2007 by admin
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San Diego Union-Tribune Letters to the Editor
Your April 29 editorial, “Not so fast/Indian gaming changes deserve scrutiny,” rang three alarm bells, every single one of which we dispute.
The editorial rang one bell that the state “would not be allowed to audit the books.” Not true! Our original 1999 compact states “Inspection and copying of Gaming [...]

Posted on May 7th, 2007 by admin
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By Mike Lee, STAFF WRITER
Birds Singing and Dancing by the River, a Pima-Maricopa Indian dance group from Arizona, waited to perform yesterday at Cupa Days in Pala.
JOHN GASTALDO / Union-Tribune
While the morning rush of gamblers filed into Pala Casino yesterday, members of the Pala Band of Mission Indians gathered for a different kind of cultural [...]

Posted on May 6th, 2007 by admin
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