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BOYCOTT GOYA! BOYCOTT NIKE! But No Boycott Pechanga?

Say something good about Trump? Boycott Kneel for National Anthem? Boycott! Abuse Elders, strip heritage, Violate civil rights? ZILCH

Are we SERIOUS about Boycotts?
Are we SERIOUS about Boycotts?

What makes for a GOOD BOYCOTT target? Goya, Nike, Chik Fil A? WHY not Pechanga or Pala locally?

California Indian Tribes like: Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians (Temecula), Redding Rancheria (Redding) Picayune Rancheria (Coarsegold, near Fresno) and the Nooksack Tribe in Washington state are just a few of the tribes that do not deserve your patronage.

Here is what the gaming tribes mentioned above, have done to members of their tribes:

•Stripped tribal members of their citizenship
•Denied voting rights to members
•Taken awayrightful healthcare to seniors
•Blocked access to land on the reservation
•Denied members due process of law, including legal representation, even writing tools.
•Prohibition of practicing religion, including the right to pray at their ancestor's graves.
•Threatened others if they speak out
•Subjected some to ex post facto laws.
FORCED a family to exhume the bodies of ancestors to prove lineage, then ignored the findings
Read more here: https://www.originalpechanga.c...

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