Remembering Rush Limbaugh (1951-2021)

MY VIEW: by Ernie C. Salgado, Jr.

Rush Limbaugh was the voice of Conservative America and the pain in the gladius maximus of the liberal mob.

He died at the age of 70, having battled lung cancer for over a year. He was the number one listened to radio talk show host in the Nation, simple because millions of Americans wanted to hear what he had to say and share....

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CTCA LATEST BREAKING NEWS:

“The mission of the CTCA is to promote unity and strength by advocating for all California Indian people. As my father taught me, it is important to improve the lives for future generations and to pursue a path that younger tribal leaders can follow, like our tribal elders did for us,” Mazzetti said.

CALIFORNIA TRIBAL CHAIRPERSON'S ASSOCIATION (CTCA) writes three letters to BIA and Treasury for $8 Billion earmark on behalf of California Indians statewide

$8,000,000,000 set aside for Native Americans

CALIF Tribes Establish New Executive Council Uniting Southern, Central, Northern Reservations

by Ernie C. Salgado Jr., Publisher
The American Indian Reporter

SACRAMENTO, CA - On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, the Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association, Central California Tribal Chairpersons' Association and the Northern California Tribal Chairpersons' Association joined forces to formally establish the California Tribal Chairpersons' Association (CTCA), a state-wide organization established to collectively address critical issues facing Tribes in California ... READ THE FULL HISTORIC CALIFORNIA TRIBAL CHAIRPERSONS' ASSOCIATION STORY.

The CTCA Board of Directors consist of one representative from each of the member tribes. The six-member Executive Council is composed of two representatives from the three geographical areas identified as Southern, Central, Northern.

SIX-MEMBER COUNCIL:

Bo Mazzetti, Chairman of Rincon Band of Luiseño Band of Indians was elected Chairman of the CTCA.

Michael Hunter, Tribal Chairman of the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians was elected Vice Chairman of CTCA.

Garth Sundberg, Tribal Chairman of the Trinidad Rancheria was elected Treasurer of the CTCA.

Erica M. Pinto, Tribal Chairwoman of the Jamul Indian Village of California was elected Secretary.

Kevin Day, Tribal Chairman of Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians was elected Member at Large of the CTCA.

Dale Miller, Tribal Chairman of Elk Valley Rancheria was elected Member at Large of the CTCA.

Denis Turner, Executive Director of the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association, Inc. SCTCA, provided the organization with expertise on the development of organizational document and in-service training.

GERONIMO RESEARCH GUIDE

The language they were forbidden to speak is the same language that saved this nation

MY VIEW: Ernie C. Salgado, Jr.

Although the Navajo Code Talkers were the most highly publicized, many other America Indian tribal groups participated as “Code Talkers” during World War I and II. The Apache, Comanche, Hopi, and Cherokee were among the other tribes that shred the title of “Code Talkers.”

The irony is that even after suffering beatings, imprisonment and boarding schools many of the American Indian people never surrendered their language or culture.

Today, the American Indian population on American is less than 4-million which is .0114 percent of the Nations population. And as such the American Indian people do not “Qualify” as a minority because they don’t meet the U.S. Government’s threshold of 2-percent of the population....

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• Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
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• Inaja-Cosmit Band of Kumeyaay Indians
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• La Posta Band of Kumeyaay Indians
• Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Indians
• Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians
• Morongo Band of Mission Indians
• Pala Band of Mission Indians
• Pauma Band of Luiseno Indians
• Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians
• Ramona Band of Cahuilla
• Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians
• Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
• Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
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• Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
• Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Indians of California
• Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians

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