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.
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i walked in and walked out tof the clubhouse. no need to golf there. it is obvious that they do not want locals to golf there.
The people who probably can't prove lineal descent through probate records or recorded depositions of tribal elders voted to kick out our family who can prove through probate records, recorded depositions of elders, census records, as well as the Pechanga enrollment committee's own hired genealogist as well as other documentation that we are indeed Pechanga Temeucula Indians.
It was the biased enrollment committee who chose to ignore every piece of evidence that supported our claim of being Pechanga people in favor of weak so called hearsay evidence from members of the CPP faction and their own twisted version of tribal history and of the membership requirements.
Not to mention that family members of ours had accused members of the CPP faction on the enrollment committee of wrong doing on the committee and of not having credentials to be Pechanga people themselves.
Regardless if whether the allegations were true or not, those enrollment committee members never should have been allowed to vote on our disenrollment case.
They also should have not been allowed to vote on our case because family members of theirs had submitted allegations against our tribal membership.
By allowing enrollment committee members to vote on a case that they had a personal conflict of interest in violated Article V, under the General Duties of Officers, that says " it shall be the duty of all elected officers of the Band to uphold the individual rights of each member without malice or prejudice."
If any tribal members read this and they think the disenrollment of my family, the Hunters, was in any way fair, consider that family members of one CPP family on the enrollment committee as well as a son of one member and a nephew of the other was on the tribal council and they were all allowed to rule on our case after our family members had challenged their tribal membership.
In addition, family members of ours had also accused another CPP person on the enrollment committee of not meeting the membership requirements and of wrong doing on the enrollment committee and this person was also allowed to vote on our disennrollment case.
If any of you think our family was causing trouble and deserve to be kicked out, under the disenrollment procedures tribal members were allowed to question the membership status of other tribal members.
And among the allegations of wrong doing on the enrollment committee was that the CPP faction members were accused of were not processing enrollment applications of some families.
So some of your own family members probably ended up in the moratorium on new members because their applications were not processed by those three women from the CPP.
Our family members were among the people who blew the whistle on this other unfairness and we, who had nothing to do with it, were punished for it.
I am not saying that it wasn't right for my family members to point out wrong doing on the enrollment committee, I am just saying that it wasn't right for those accused committee members to vote us out of the tribe as it was a violation of tribal law for them to do so.
It wasn't a violation of law for our family members to question other tribal members' linage or to go to the tribal council to point out wrong doing on the committee.
PECHANGA PROMISED NO CHANGES TO THIS LAND IF IT WAS MADE PART OF THE RESERVATON. THEY PROMISED BOTH CONGRESS AND THE UNITED STATES DEPRARTMENT OF INTERIOR. BUT BROKE THEIR PROMISES BY PUTTING THE JOUNREY AT PECHANGA GOLF COURSE ON THIS LAND.
Pechanga chairman Mark Macarro's testinmony to congress April 17, 2002:
"We believe the resources found on the Great Oak Ranch should be
preserved and remain within the Ranch. The sole purpose of the
acquisition is the preservation and the protection of Luiseno people's natural and cultural resources. The Pechanga Band is committed to
protecting and preserving the invaluable and irreplaceable cultural
resources of the Pechanga and Luiseno people. The cultural resources
located within the Great Oak Ranch provide the Pechanga Band with the
unique opportunity to protect and preserve such resources on property owned by the Tribe itself.
Once the Great Oak Ranch property is accepted into trust by the
United States, it will become part of the Pechanga Reservation. The
Tribe will exercise powers of self-government, including civil
regulatory jurisdiction, to protect the unique archaeological,
biological and cultural resources, as well as the historic and sacred
sites on the Great Oak Ranch."
Mr. Hayworth: "Chairman Macarro, does the Pechanga Tribe have any plans for development of any kind on the Great Oak Ranch property?"
Mr. Macarro: "No, we don't. As stated in our application to
Interior/BIA, we stated or have designated there is no change
of use in the property, and the intended use and purpose is to
preserve and protect the resources that are there.
The cultural resources in particular are also very
significant. Along the base of all the foothills there are
significant old village sites, dark midden soil area, cremation
areas and associated sacred sites."
Mr. Hayworth: "... Just one follow-up, and for purposes of the record, Mr. Chairman, does the tribe plan to use the Great Oak Ranch for gaming purposes or any purposes other than what you have just outlined?"
Mr. Macarro. "No, the tribe does not."
In response to critics of tribal land transfers in which promises of keeping the land open space were not kept:
Pechanga's General Counsel John Macarro, wrote, "Once the land is placed in trust, a tribe has complete zoning and planning authority over it and can change land uses just as a county or city can change or update its general plan or zoning designations."
IN OTHER WORDS, PECHANGA CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH THE LAND REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY TOLD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC.
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