Reel Wamps

Cromwell Administration motto

Wednesdays Council meeting completed the circle of madness for the Cromwell administration starting with giving Lesley Jonas the Housing Director job.  Now we’re not going through the long list of  issues that disqualify her for the job.  Well….we just can’t let it go. Apparently her ability to willingly take  jobs that she is totally incapable of doing, is  the criteria. She was the Pow Wow Director for 2 years and never raised a dime, and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to boot. Worst of all, she knew as much about pow wows as Tony Moniz…actually Tony knew more. We can credit her with the initiation of the Indian Circus. Truth is, for months Leon asked a lot of very qualified people to take the job and they refused.  Many qualified people applied for the job and were ignored. Leslie Jonas will now head the troubled Housing Department. I’m sure HUD will be impressed.

The outrage over the resolution allowing Leon to appoint  Marie ” Tah Tah ” Stone Human Resources Director without a Council vote was rescinded a couple of weeks ago.  So was the one that promoted Marge Seagraves as Tribal Administrator.  Their very expensive lawyers, told them that they didn’t rescind the actions properly and needed a do over.  Since when do they follow the laws people? Despite the fact that the promotions were taken back,  Tah Tah kept sending out emails as “ Human Resources Director.”  She’s still sending them out. Marge just told the Council “They were all crazy.” Ya think?

On to poor  David Weeden, nearly driven mad trying  to coordinate the Indian Circus.  Now he’s back to collecting resumes from tribal men and women interested in working on the community center.  David,  construction workers don’t have resumes.  Come on now. And ah….USDA has not sent the money. The Tribe has not paid the taxes.  Everyone is still working in the old trailers and buildings.  So what does that say?

The Land into Trust application is incomplete.  They submitted it that way.  One of the tribal lawyers was screaming in a hallway of a recent meeting in Taunton that ” The application should not have been made public.” The business of the BIA and DOI is a public record.

Saturday meeting to talk about how they screwed us in the Crappy Compact. Who would have the nerve to have a meeting on a treaty that was never reviewed by the people it impacts.  Tribal members need to show up to sign the petition going to the BIA.

Cedric and the gang are having a clam bake for the Governor. Clearly, Patrick  is not too particular about the company he keeps.  Being sacrificed is not worth celebrating.

Ah Hah survives Secret Service questioning

Governor Deval Patrick is hosting a much anticipated Presidential fundraiser at his home in early August.  First Lady Michelle Obama will be the featured guest and couples will pay 20k to be in her presence.

Guess who will be there?  Take a wild guess.  You got it with no effort and so did the Secret Service who converged on Mashpee to query the ancient people through its Private Investigator Minnie Ah Hah.

Uncle Herrin’

I have to tell you that I met the Secret Service advance team  in font of the Meeting House. You know y0u can’t be too careful with all their foolishness down there in South America. They seemed to be okay.  There was a Black guy and a White guy.  No Indian. They know some of  our tribal members.  They know Earl Mills, Anne Peters, Hazel Oakley,  Dart, Vernon Pocknett, Norman Dias and Stretcha. I thought it was odd about Stretcha.  But I’ll get back to that.  I gotta tell you.  Those SS people know a lot. Before I opened my mouth.

They knew  everything about our REAL Elders but they had a lot a questions about the first lady Cheryl Frye Cromwell.  Here’s the transcript of our conversation.

SS B :  “You are Minnie Ah Hah of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe?

Me: ” I am.”

SS W : Ah Hah is not a tribal name.  What is your true last name. ?”

Me: “It is Ah Hah.

SS W: ” There are no Ah Hah families in this tribe.”

Me: ” How do you know? I am special don’t cha know.  I am an Ah Hah.   No one will claim me because I know  too much and I tell. I am a Peters, an Amos, a Mills, a Pocknett, Haynes, an Oakley, a  Pells,  a Hendricks,  a Mingo, a Bearse and a Hicks.  I am powerful.  I have all those family characteristics.  I am powerful.  ”

SS W: : “This Indian whoo do stuff gives me the wilies.”

Me: ” You’re  talkin’ about Mr. Willie Pompey? Takes Leigh Potter to to tell you where he’s buried.”

Wow !

SS B: “Man, get to the business of their first lady please.”

SS W: ” Right, Now Cheryl Frye ahhhh Cromwell. We hear she’s a graduate of U Mass, a fighter for human rights and a health enthusiast as head of the tribal health department.”

Me : The answer is no, no and no.

SS W: ” So none of that is true.

Me: ” Course not. Cheryl wants to be all those thngs but she’s just is not. Now, Stretch said …well ….. Stretcha is so good at encouraging us to be kind and faithful to the Creator.  She knows a lot more than me.  I would tell you to go over there and talk to her but her  son  Dwight might not allow it.”

SS B: ” Well if Stretch, or Stretcha.. why that nick name?

Me: “Edna had long legs.  She could really run.  And when she did those legs would stretch out… So they called her Stretcha.”

SS W: ” Can we get on with the questioning.  Look ,Cheryl Frye Cromwell or “TFL,” is reportedly delusional beyond her education and professional qualificiations. and a fighter for human rights…

Me: ” Well yah….She thought Turkey Buzzards were bald Eagles …and she beat the hell outta that Pequot girl last year.”

SSB: ” For God sakes should we allow this woman in the Clutch with Michelle Obama? Is she a female impersonator or something?”

Me: ” That I cannot confirm or deny.”

This is my Secret Service Report  7/23/12

Your Neice,

Minnie Ah Hah

For the benefit of those of you who don’t know, or don’t remember, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acknowledged that our fishing and hunting rights were “ancient and aboriginal.”  Having attained federal recognition further enhanced the legitimacy of our claims.  Why would we need to have the Commonwealth take charge of or alter our rights?  The compact that the Cromwell regime “negotiated” with the state is a confusing mishmash of concessions by the  Tribe and total lack of protections.  Let us refuse the language in the compact.

Here is the 1982 resolution.  Click to enlarge:

Last nights meltdown resulted in Traditional leaders looking to meet with the Governor and legislative leaders to discuss the make up of the controversial compact  or “treaty” between the tribe and the Commonwealth.  The Cromwell administration is now back peddling and trying to hold a forum to review the compact with tribal members after the fact. After the fact .

Tribal members had no input nor were they  consulted, as is the tradition in the tribe, or allowed to review the deal.  Council members were given an hour to review the document and then it was taken up.   Carlton Hendricks, Jr. as always complained bitterly about the process that shut out any participation.

Quan Tobey who heads the tribal environmental department red flagged the deal and informed the committee members who were enraged.

Leaders of the  the Game and Fish committee were furious with Cedric Tobey Cromwell and his cousin Aaron Tobey,   who negotiated the deal,  because both are considered ill equipped to represent the cultural and traditional needs of the tribe…..or anything else.  Traditionalist were angry about  a host of sections in the plan that erode aboriginal rights.

Cromwell has so disenfranchised the tribe from the process, tribal members want to make sure that Governor Patrick,  the Speaker and Senate President  know that they have no confidence in their representation of tribal needs to the Commonwealth. The issue has also shown that the Governor has no interest in ensuring the integrity of the process  by continuing to deal with an  administration so reviled by it’s people and operate without a mandate or authority.

Sen. Montigny says slow this baby down

This afternoon, New Bedford Senator Mark Montigny “ laid it ( compact ) on the table.” That basically means the legislation is dead in most legislative proceedings, because it is too controversial to deal with right now. It may be delayed, but even Montigny said it was moving “too swift and speedy.” There may be other reasons involving his constituents in Southeastern Ma…..but whatever, he granted the tribe a reprieve from one of the worst treaties in Indian Country. If we had LIT the Feds would never accept the 21.5 to be paid to the state.  It almost appears intentional.

It explains why  the Cromwellians are trying to get an extension on the July 31 deadline.

They can’t get it done.

Lookin' for something?

The Cromwell Crew is trying to stay in office anyway it can. With CeddieLou’s popularity plummeting to an all time low, the alleged tribal chairman  is launching his campaign with a spying expedition aimed at one of his presumed opponents and that would be David Pocknett.

He’s assigned Pocknett’s neighbor and cousin Billy Pocknett to the task of monitoring who comes and goes from D Pocknett’s house. B Pocknett is the leader of Aaron Tobey’s Bomber Jacket Elders….you know, the made-up elders…..any way, true to form the CeddieLou’s crew is part of the clown patrol that can’t do a damned thing right.

You see, all B Pocknett’s reports will have to be oral cause they say he can’t read or write.

Well  sah.