By Barack Obama
For 20 months now, I’ve traveled this country, often talking about how the needs of the American people are going unmet by Washington. And the truth is, few have been ignored by Washington for as long as American Indians. Too often, Washington pays lip service to working with tribes while taking a one-size-fits-all [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by hunwut
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Morreo, Durnin At Large, Considered Armed And Dangerous, Police Say
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — At a time of heightened tensions between the Riverside County Sheriff’s office and the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, deputies Sunday sought two suspected gunmen from the reservation who are believed to have committed an armed home invasion robbery in nearby San [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2008 by hunwut
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SIGNONSANDIEGO NEWS SERVICES
September 10, 2008
MURRIETA - The Association of Riverside County Chiefs of Police announced its support Wednesday of Sheriff Stan Sniff’s position that a law granting local law enforcement agencies jurisdiction over selected Indian tribes allows Riverside County deputies to enter the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians reservation at will.
Public Law 280, passed 55 [...]

Posted on September 10th, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Editors Report / Indian Country Today
The Soboba Band of Luise�o Indians has a long history of upholding its political sovereignty. It also has a long history of legal actions and encounters with state and county authorities. Police refer to the Soboba reservation as “hostile Indian country” to this day. After the most recent shooting [...]

Posted on September 5th, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Victor Morales
CAMPO, Calif. - A tribal election that was contested and redone has resulted in nearly the same outcome at a San Diego County reservation.
The latest tribal election of the Campo Band of the Kumeyaay Nation was finalized July 25 and settles several allegations of violations that held the election in limbo for more [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Victor Morales
VALLEY CENTER, Calif. - Six years after $150,000 was secured from the Justice Department to create a judicial system for a cluster of Indian tribes in San Diego County and an incremental process to reach permanence, the Intertribal Court of Southern California has its home.
Area Indian tribes dedicated the new justice center, which [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2008 by hunwut
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By REBECCA CATHCART
September 1, 2008SAN JACINTO, Calif. - With 9 reservations and 10 casinos, Riverside County is a major center of Indian gambling in California.
But a standoff between county sheriff’s deputies and leaders of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians has led to an unusual effort to close one of the casinos because of safety [...]

Posted on September 1st, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Victor Morales
SAN JACINTO, Calif. - With President George W. Bush’s signing of an act that brings a water rights conflict of more than 150 years to a close for a southern California Indian tribe, Secretary of the Interior Department Dirk Kempthorne and a congresswoman joined the tribe Aug. 15 for a ceremony celebrating its [...]

Posted on August 25th, 2008 by hunwut
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by: Victor Morales
August 18, 2008
SAN JACINTO, Calif. - After more than 50 years in effect, southern California Indian tribes are saying it’s time to repeal a law that gives jurisdiction of criminal offenses in some reservations to the state.
The who’s who of the region’s Indian country gathered Aug. 11 at the Soboba Band of Luiseno [...]

Posted on August 18th, 2008 by hunwut
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By MICHELLE DeARMOND and JOSE ARBALLO JR., The Press-Enterprise  
SAN JACINTO - The federal law that gives states the right to enforce criminal law on Indian reservations is an antiquated rule that should be repealed, Indian law experts said Monday.

The experts addressed dozens of tribal leaders from across California at the Country Club of Soboba [...]

Posted on August 11th, 2008 by hunwut
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