Journey at Pechanga

Journey at Pechanga the new flag ship for a destination resort? The eighteen hole golf course sits atop historically cultural sensitive land of the Temecula Indians. Each hole attempts to tell the story of the Temecula Luiseno people and their journey in the Temecula valley. One point they fail to touch upon is their most recent story. The elimination of 25% of the tribe. Not at the hands of outsiders, but a corrupt faction of the tribe, "the concerned Pechanga people." This faction has many ties to a group who attempted to gain control of the tribe in the late 70's and early 80's.



The Temecula reservation was set aside in the late 1882 and was desolate, no running water, and very little wood. Families were strapped and had to move to other reserves or urban areas just to survive. One thing is for sure, tribal identity was never misplaced. Through the probate process on allotted land, tribal elders would be interviewed to maintain correct records of tribal lands. This recorded oral tradition was adopted by the Temecula band for recognition of lineal descendants of original Temecula Pechanga People. However some people could not prove lineal descent through probate records or recorded depositions of elders so they decided to pick and choose what criteria would allow a person enrollment status. This criteria would change from person to person and has never been consistent as some people would leave you to believe.

Journey to Pechanga is awaiting it's review in hopes it will receive its spot in the top 100.
I say until the course reflects the true acts of a corrupt group, it should not be reviewed by anyone.

Sycuan received San Diego's number one golf course for 2008.

Journey at Pechanga deserves no rating at all.

San Pasqual Valley Kumeyaay

Congratulations BIA, looks like an outside, unbiased decision was made on the San Pasquel Split. I wonder how things would turn out at Pechanga if the disenrolled and moratorium victims had similar chance as the San Pasquel. You know Paulina Hunter was 100% Luiseno, Pechanga, Temecula Indian. All your records prove it.



The BIA has been looking into this because the San Pasquel Band has a constitution that allows a third party to investigate tribal qualms. This feature will hopefully keep one faction from gaining control of the tribe , as the CPP has taken over Pechanga.

Whats happening at San Pasquel

We have rights

Since a small faction has corrupted key positions in our governing body, I find it fitting to discuss the endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

"The UN Declaration lays out the minimum human rights necessary for the “survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples of the world.” These include the right of self-determination, protections from discrimination and genocide, and recognition of rights to lands, territories and resources that are essential to the identity, health and livelihood of indigenous peoples. The declaration also explicitly requires that these rights and protections are balanced with other rights and interpreted in accordance with the principles of democracy, justice, non-discrimination, good governance and respect for the human rights of everyone. " HERE

What about it Mr. Chairman Macarro, will you support our rights as indigenous people? The Pechanga enrollment committee under your direction, violated my families rights.

NAHACHISH

One of the Temecula people was called Nahachish. He was a chief. He used to have in his house the limb of a tree cut into a hook and fastened up to hang food on. Some people broke the hook down. He became so poor that he had nothing to eat, and did not know what to do. He sang a song. 261 He sang that he was going to leave that part of the country, but he did not know where to go.
He went to Picha Awanga, Pichanga, 262 between Temecula and Warner's Ranch, and named that place. There were a lot of people there having a fiesta, and there was plenty of food. They passed everything to him, and there was a sort of mush of a light gray color. So he said, "My stomach is picha." So they called the place by that name.

Luiseno Religion

What make's you a Pechanga????

Luiseño. The southernmost Shoshonean division in California, which received its name from San Luis Rey, the most important Spanish mission in the territory of these people. They form one linguistic group with the Aguas Calientes, Juaneños, and Kawia. They extended along the coast from between San Onofre and Las Animas creeks, far enough south to include Aguas Hedionda, San Marcos, Escondido, and Valley Center. Inland they extended north beyond San Jacinto river, and into Temescal creek; but they were cut off from the San Jacinto divide by the Diegueños, Aguas Calientes, Kawia, and Serranos. The former inhabitants of San Clemente island also are said to have been Luiseños, and the same was possibly the case with those of San Nicolas island. Their population was given in 1856 (Ind. Aff. Rep., 243) as between 2,500 and 2,800; in 1870, as 1,299; in 1885, as 1,142. Most of them were subsequently placed on small reservations included under the Mission Tule River agency, and no separate tribal count has been made. Their villages, past and present, are Ahuanga, Apeche, Bruno's Village, La Joya, Las Flores, Pala, Pauma, Pedro's Village, (?) Potrero, Rincon, Saboba, San Luis Rey (mission), Santa Margarita (?), Temecula, and Wahoma. Taylor (Cal. Farmer, May 11, 1860) gives the following list of villages in the neighborhood of San Luis Rey mission, some of which may be identical with t:hose here recorded: Cenyowpreskel, Ehutewa, Enekelkawa, Hamechuwa, Hatawa, Hepowwoo, Itaywiy, Itukemuk, Milkwanen, Mokaskel, and Mootaevuhew. Complete Story