Reel Wamps

Run, bear, run!

Cape Cod is in the midst of a frenzy of bear sightings.  It seems that somehow a wild black bear made it across the Cape Cod Canal  or the bridge without even being stopped and asked for identification.  Bears and wolves did once roam throughout southeastern New England, over two hundred years ago, but hunting and loss of  habitat that came with the advance of colonization drove them to extinction here.

Well, he’s back!  We now have what seems, at least from the grainy, distant photos so far, a bear running for all he’s worth.  What he’s after is open to speculation, but bears don’t need much more than territory, food, and a mate.  All very well, but who is this bear?

Could this be our very own Running Bear, hellbent on a course that leads nowhere?  Or maybe he’s headed for the Chatham B’ars Inn on a quest for the perfect destination resort.  All he has to do is attach a slots shack and voilà, instant casino—easy, breezy, Mattakeesy!  What’s more, we can prove that some of the original inhabitants of Chatham migrated to Mashpee in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.  There’s our connection.

Whoever he is, good luck.  Run, bear, run!

Pago Pago eh Cedric?

Herrin’: “Everytime Reel Wamps busts Cedric he sends a letter out or somethin’. ”

Roe: ” I know it.  Now his behind is hiding in the trailer.  He moved back in weeks ago.  That cost $7,000 for the phone to be reconnected and the internet.”

Herrin’ : ”  Well boy, don’t you know he’s one of them monarchs. He’s powerful and important. But man that Wampaleaks is working his behind ova like a bulldozer !”

Roe:” Ya they are and them Chinamen want their money back if he blows this casino scam.  Where’s all them permits he says he’s gut for the Community  Building ? That damned dumpsta costs money don’t ya know.  Sittin out front like he’s goin’ to do somethin to the council building.”

Herrin’: ” Ain’t no permits to build or tear down. Ain’t no money from USDA.  Just some more lies to try to cover up.”

Roe: ” They sent out bid requests for demolition and construction to every member of the tribe.  We probably got 10 people with companies that can do that kinda work.  One household got 10 pieces….even the kids got a letter. All to try to look like they’re gonna do something on 55 acres.”

Herrin’: ” Foolish boy. Foolish. But I gut one worse than that.  They got Bobby ” I ain’t got my GED either” Foster, in charge of an auction of tribal equipment and utilities. He’s gut a new title don’t ya know. Office Services and Tribal Assets Manager he is.”

Roe: ” Jezzzzzzus.  Bobby?  Who would put Bobby in charge of money or assets?  Sherlock Holmes is still looking for his 2008 Pow Wow Report.”

Herrin’: ” Come on, come on boy…. Since Cedric’s gang took over the only asset we had was Slow Turtle’s statue, and Nita stole that.”

Roe: ” Shoot that thing is gonzo.  You’re right. I know.  But what about that Sunday meetin’ ? It was sickening.  He kept talking about the Community Building, that he can’t get the permits for.  The Chinaman sitting there lookin’ upset.  Markie and Aaron in the corner lookin’ at the floor.  Aaron lickin’ his lips ferociously. Tah Tah left early and went and sat in the corner at  Dino’s …sun glasses on….drink in hand.  Only 25 people showed up.  The front row was full of White people nobody knew.”

Herrin’: ” Most likely those people who would come into genealogy and tell Patty and Eleanor their grandmother was an Indian princess and show them a picture of somebody with black hair. Thanks Jessie Little Doe whateva whateva.”

Roe: ” Hey, even Glenn Marshall’s sworn enemies stood up and told Cedric he was horrible and that Glenn took good care of tribal members and we got nothing to show from Cedric but mess.”

"I'll never come outta the trailer."

Herrin’: “Who don’t know that.  Listen I think Cedric’s smart enough to boot it outta here.”

Roe: ” Well, normally you know, I would argue with ya, but after that meltdown at Taunton….Pago Pago looks mighty good to him right now.”

Herrin’: ” Oh ya, I forgot about all them Pago Pago plane tickets.  Hey, ya think he’ll take Cheryl TFL with him when he skips town?”

Roe: ” Hell no boy, he told Brook Scannell he was leavin’ Cheryl to attend to her Turkey Buzzards, and that awful Buzzard Crown she made for him.”

Herrin’: ” No shaaaaaa!”

Greg McKinney should be ashamed.  But he really doesn’t know any better.   He allowed a column to be published under his signature in the Taunton newspaper.  It was probably written by tribal flak Brook Scannell.  In the piece he says he was raised in the “Mashpee Wampanoag family” and listened to  the parables about days of old.  That is a bodacious parable .

Greg pondering parables

Greg grew up in Newton and whenever  he came to Mashpee from childhood to adulthood,  they beat it to South Cape Beach quick fast and in a hurry.  The McKinneys, with the exception of Glenn,  made it a point to stay away from the other 6 families in the Peters crew, let alone Mashpeeians.  This  was the McKinney brand and they wore it proudly. Their disconnect from the Mashpee and their own very prominent Indian family was glaring and that’s a fact.

We’re still trying to figure out where and when he listened to all those parables.

This went on right up until recognition, when all of a sudden Greg is an ” Indian ” businessman selling janitorial supplies. You have to understand who influences Greg.  His mentors are Cedric Tobey Cromwell and Mark Harding both experts in Indian Identity Theft.  They flat out lied about their tribal experiences.  Those experiences never happened and the tribal members know it. Who cares?

The real atrocity with this Identity Theft issue is the fact that our documented identity as a tribal community was the reason for our recognition.  It was the recognition fight lead by his uncles and other relatives in the Mashpee Wampanoag family. According to the BIA, our identity documentation as an indigenous people is described as the most thorough in Indian Country. It’s all we have left.  It’s all any real tribe has and most take violation of that traditional identity  very seriously.

Bet the Pocasset Whatever Their Name Is Tribe can’t produce a single piece of paper proving who they are….but the mainstream media lumps them in with us like they’re legit.

But let’s look at Greg’s role in the tribal government.  Cedric and Markie made him the Chairman of the on again off again Economic Development Committee. This is the EDC that the Harvard Project said did a a terrible job of establishing a business plan for the tribe or being effective.  The committee also plays an important role in adhering to a requirement for IGRA so that tribes don’t end up like us, depending solely on the possibility of a casino that generates nothing for the membership. That plan for us to take care of ourselves in a way we did it for centuries never materialized…Greg didn’t hear about all that in the parables apparently.

Well, Cedric and Mark first started making a fool of Greg when they had him launch the Federal Charter.  The Charter scam was soundly defeated by the “Mashpee Wampanoag family.” As far as we know.  Greg condescended to the membership about the validity of the plan (to make Cedric, Aaron Tobey and Markie the head of a monarchy….for life).

The members shouted him down, as they asked each other ” Who’s he anyway? ” Maybe he should have told a few parables.

And then there’s the most recent effort that executed an  administration policy of diddling with grants. Witnesses said Greg was trying to take grant money from the Environmental Protection Department.  What’s the justification? For what? How about not allowed.  It got pretty hot and thank God it didn’t happen. Maybe a parable would have been more persuasive.

The state, the poor desperate Tauntonians and most stakeholders don’t give a damn about this Administrations claims of Native American authenticity.  They just keep looking at the Administration record with other governments and the mistreatment of it’s own people. They know the Cromwell administration is exploiting it’s own people and they also know this administration has some serious financial mismanagement issues  that make any partnership untenable.  They did it to themselves.  But they really carpet bombed us in the process.

That’s one hell of a parable  ain’t it?

Where they at?

If Cedric has building permits he should produce them.  Right.  Stop wasting postage writing letters  to members telling more lies every time you get caught.  The last building permit issued for the tribe was 2010 for the  health trailers. Check with the town yourself. Oh yeah…the taxes have not been paid.

Well then. Let’s move on.

If Cedric has the application for land into trust, he should also produce it. It’s so hard for CeddieLou to be a leader.  He prefers buffoonery.

Brooke Scanell’s little vote buying sessions with the unemployed Tauntonians  haven’t gone all that smoothly. On three different occasions at these forums, individuals have asked for the LIT paper work.  They just don’t believe this crew.  Cedric, tribal lawyers and Judy Shapiro, who is supposed to be confirming our link to Taunton ( wink)  responded this way: they “have seen the application,” that they have “held it in their hands”….and of course CeddieLou mumbled an evasive answer as is the mandatory response for buffoons. All this is documented on Wampaleaks and a host of different blogs and in newspaper columns…the absurdity of these responses is way beyond the pale. It also confirms the dishonesty and incompetence of this administration.

Oh by the way, all LIT applications are posted on the Department of Interior BIA website.  You will be hard pressed to find ours. The CIA  Scotland Yard, the FBI will come up empty handed.

So now you have to wonder why the state and the governor is even engaging this dishonest government.  A government that has abused its own people publicly and with regularity.  There’s something up with that.

Herrin’:  ” Did ya hear about  Cheryl Frye Cromwell’s email ?”

Roe : ” Nope. What she done now?”

Herrin’: ” She sent an email  with a picture attached  to it…to Indian Health Services, tribal members, staff  and the damned world claiming a bunch of eagles were flying over the tribal health office.  She  said it was a sign of blessings bestowed on the tribe.  Oh she went on.”

Roe: ” Well, what’s wrong with that.”

"The Scavengers" Down to the bone!

Herrin’: “The picture was of a bunch of turkey buzzards.”

Roe: ” Come on now…come on….turkey buzzards? ”

Herrin’: ” Damned right boy. Turkey buzzards. That girl is titched.”

Roe: “Stunneded ain’t she?”

Herrin’: “Blessed? We been cursed ever since their behinds occupied the Council.”

Roe: ”  They gut a special Scavengers Parade  for them ya know.  Cedric’s the Grand Marshall marching in the front every week….wearing that foolish crown of buzzard feathers.”

Cedric wearing his Buzzard Crown

Herrin’: ” Oh that’s what that thing is. We didn’t know where the hell he gut that from. Can’t we get a break from these numbskulls?”

Roe: ” Well, I don’t know.  They’re pretty funny. Cause they’re so stupid.”

Herrin’: “Ya but ya get tired of laughing to keep from crying.”

Roe: ” Turkey buzzards.”

Herrin’: ” Scavengers.”