No Voice for Members who Reside off Reservation. er of two beautiful daughters.

Challenges to voting rights in this country, like the ones we’ve seen recently, are hardly a 21st-century invention. Entrenched groups have long tried to keep the vote out of the hands of the less powerful. Indeed, America began its great democratic experiment in the late 1700s. The Gila River Indian Community is no different. GRIC one of 573 Federally Recognized Tribes in the United States. Our tribal enrolled membership is over 22,000. However, less than 800 vote annually to select a leader to the highest office in our nation. We have no communication to voter population; we have dismissed job interviews & give inside appointments to positions to the unqualified!! How is this a fair democratic practice? It is a direct violation of our tribal constitution!

GRIC tribal member get informed! 

Native Health & Wellness 

Do Native Americans have good healthcare? Their life expectancy is 4.4 years below the American average and they have the highest rates of pre-existing health conditions out of any ethnic or racial group in America.

The COVID-19 pandemic took many of our elders. Hundreds of native people came from all over the country to our hospitals for help. WE could have saved more lives if we were properly equipped. I heard from our medical professionals that we lacked much of the upgrades and needed technology to save lives! Technology that should have been in place years ago. 

Government without Transparency is No Government at all!

Government Transparency promotes accountability and provides information for citizens about what their Government is doing. GRIC tribal government has held covert council meetings, secret hiring practices, promoted themselves from within and vote  themselves six figure salaries! Crime is at an all-time high.  Alcoholism, drug addiction, drug cartel influence, human-tracking and murder of our men , women & children. it must STOP!   Greed perpetuates in GRIC. We are a successful gaming tribe. Yet, leadership refuses   to disclose sports-betting  gaming revenues! As a tribal member you have the right to share net % profits of all gaming revenues Per Capita Resolution/ Law.

I know this for a fact because in 2009, I authored the Per Cap Resolution/to Law as Treasurer of the Gila River Indian Community. No GRIC member had received a percapita payment prior to 2009.

Arizona generated $777M Of Handle In First Two Months Of Sports Betting.

  You have the Right to Vote and your Vote be  Counted!

Voter suppression has been practiced in the United States since at least the end of Reconstruction (1865–77). The Civil Rights Act (1964) was one of the two most important pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history. But as a sovereign nation, tribes are not under any such law! Tribes can include, exclude, and implement any voter control they desire to control vote in their favor.

During the past year the people’s voices have gone unheard. All members have a right to be heard and not be met with job terminations, threats & retaliation.

Tribal member grass root groups are being formed to address the current issues with our government. They have one common goal; remove current leadership

Change Begins Now!