CRISIS AT CVMT - PLEASE CONTACT US AT 209 931 4567

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Please forward this to anyone that maybe able to assist Chairwoman Burley and the Miwok Tribe!

In peace & solidarity,
Tamra Brennan
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-----Original Message-----
From: s.burley@californiavalleymiwoktribe-nsn.gov [mailto:s.burley@californiavalleymiwoktribe-nsn.gov]
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:08 PM
To:Subject: CRISIS AT CVMT - PLEASE CONTACT US AT 209 931 4567

To All:

We need immediate assistance, this is the outcome from Troy Burdick's (Superintendent at the Central California Agency/BIA, located in Sacramento Calif.) continued efforts to illegally interfere into our Tribal Governmental Affairs (and the effects of our rightful Tribal members pleas for assistance, being ignored by the Bureau). We are a federally recognized Tribe, listed in the Federal Register and in the Dept. of the Interior/Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tribal Leaders Directory, Winter 2009.

Because our pleas for help have been constantly ignored, we now have lost our only piece of tribal property to foreclosure and will be removed by force on June 17th, 2009 (Elders and children included). We are asking for your assistance.... if anyone of you that I am contacting have a way to contact Mr. Salazar or Mr. Echohawk to make them aware of our crisis.... please do so!!!!!

PLEASE HELP!!! PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION ON TO ALL WHO CAN BE OF ASSISTANCE.

We need to get the attention of Mr. Echohawk or Mr. Salazar, IMMEDIATELY!!!!

The Tribe has no money and nowhere to go.... we will be forced to barricade ourselves at the property for local and international news crews to hear what is happening to our Tribe and how the BIA is allowing this to happen.

Our Tribe will not go willing on the 17th (we have no where to go) and we will not allow our Tribal Governmental "Confidential" documents to be given to INDYMAC BANK. We are asking that someone help us get this important information to the attention of Mr. Salazar and/or Mr. Echohawk. The Tribe has been located at this property for over 7 years. The "TRIBE" and its legitimate members have vowed to not leave this property until we have a place to move to. That means we need Mr. Salazar, Secretary of the Interior and/or Mr. Larry Echohawk to CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY to help resolve this URGENT MATTER/CRISIS.

Again, PLEASE HELP!!!!

/s/
Silvia Burley
Chairperson

California Valley Miwok Tribe
http://www.californiavalleymiwoktribe-nsn.gov
Tribal Office 209.93.4567 or 209.487.9519
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