Long Road Traveled I: From the Treaty of Temecula to the Pala Compact By Michael Lombardi - as first appeared on Pechanga.net Beginning with the betrayal of the Treaty of Temecula and continuing through the time of the Pala Compact, the state of California has sought to deprive Indian Nations of their inherent right to self-govern. California's 150 years of anti-Indian policy was overturned by the people of California on March 7, 2000, with the passage of Proposition 1A. Passage of this proposition was about far more than the right of tribes to operate casinos on their own land. Read the whole story>> The Long Road Traveled II: Tribal Self-Sufficiency and the Battle for Proposition 1A By Michael Lombardi When California Gov. Pete Wilson attempted to subjugate sovereignty and force California Indian Nations to sign the Pala Compact, his actions, in a perverse way, gave birth to a tribal unification that became the most powerful political coalition in California. This coalition managed and won two of the most astounding statewide political campaigns in California history. But it did not come without a fierce struggle. Read the whole story>> The Long Road Traveled III: California Indian Self Reliance and the Battle for 1A By Michael Lombardi - California Indian Gaming News The descendants of the Indian leaders that signed the Treaty of Temecula in January of 1852 were about to prevail against anti-Indian forces, after 150 years of California's attempts to eliminate them. They would prevail in their long struggle to retain their right to be free people, governing themselves on the land upon which their ancestors have dwelt since time immemorial. Read the whole story>>