What do you know about per caps and disenrollment?

By Natasha Brennan

How many Native people do you think have been disenrolled nationally since the 1990s?

Your guess was:

Researchers found that between 5,000 and 8,000 Native people have been disenrolled since the 1990s. Some activist believe it is over 11,000.

What tribes do you think have the highest per capita payments?

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Morongo

Pechanga

Redding

Santa Rosa

Pechanga: About $268,000 a year in 2004

Morongo: Unknown, but one of the highest in Calif.

Redding Rancheria: About $36,000 a year

Santa Rosa: Though they do not have a casino, they received $12,000 a year in the early 2000s in California Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Funds.

How much was lost?

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Rick Cuevas

Tribe: Pechanga Band of LuiseƱo Indians

Casino: Yes

Year disenrolled: 2006

Number of disenrolled from tribe: Over 235. The first 135 were disenrolled in 2004, when percaps were around $230,000.

Per cap at time of disenrollment: About $268,000 per year

Rick has lost over $3.75 million.

As of 2020, the Pechanga disenrollees have lost over $872 million.

Sylvia Auguletto

Tribe: Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians

Casino: No, but tribe received Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund.

Year disenrolled: 2004

Number of disenrolled from tribe: About 60.

Revenue share at time of disenrollment: About $12,000 per year

Sylvia has lost over $192,000.

As of 2020, the Santa Rosa disenrollees have lost over $11.5 million.

Carla Foreman-Maslin

Tribe: Redding Rancheria

Casino: Yes

Year disenrolled: 2004

Number of disenrolled from tribe: About 75.

Per cap at time of disenrollment: About $36,000 per year.

Carla has lost over $576,000.

As of 2020, the Redding Rancheria disenrollees have lost over $43.2 million.