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an interesting thing after my father died, there was a meeting she wanted to attend in palm springs so i took off of work and drove her to the meeting. i guess i spoke up and said something and the next thing i know is we have an election, a regular monthly, yearly election and i got a call the next day, i had been ejected as a member of the tribal council. i was absolutely floored. i couldn t believe it. that was my start. in our local politics. she transformed this tribe in a way no one can deny and the ramifications of her efforts in palm springs had many impact across the country because what she was doing here was setting in motion guidelines for modern governance that would lead to economic development which is what the tribes desperately needed and she transformed this tried in to one of the richest tribes in the country by virtue of her efforts. i grew up in palm springs, calif.. i was born in 1921 and i was born in section 14 which is in downtown palm springs a