From the January 2010 Idaho Observer:
In the December 21, 2009 edition of The Idaho Observer, Donna Trammell wrote “The Travelino Family Travesty” that detailed the kidnapping of Indian medicine man Michael Travelino’s three children by the state of New Mexico, forcing all three children to be vaccinated and put on dangerous “black box” drugs while in foster care. Four weeks later, the three Travalino children are still in foster care and forced to take dangerous medications against their will and their father’s will. The oldest daughter is now in semi-independent living in Las Cruces, New Mexico and forced to take the drugs Abilify and Lexapro. The youngest daughter is in foster care in Roswell - she is being drugged and has gained about 35 pounds in six months and is very unhappy. She wants to be with her dad. The son is in The Assurance Home in Roswell which is a group home for troubled adolescents. He is also being drugged.
Michael Travalino is preparing a notice to all the representatives involved for breach of oath of office, dereliction of duties, and obstruction of justice. He would appreciate it if you, our I.O. readers, will call, write and email (jam the switchboards and computers) all of the following people, expressing your outrage at the heinous crimes committed against this Native American family, and against the children in foster care not only in New Mexico but in every state in the nation. The prescribing of these dangerous, unlawful, psychotropic black-boxed (not to be prescribed to ANYONE under the age of 25) drugs by Child Protective Services in every state to children in foster care is an atrocity and cannot be tolerated any longer. We MUST speak up and stop this now! All of these representatives were notified of these atrocities at least three times by Travalino (August 8, 2008, August 26, 2009 and October 1, 2009) and most failed to even acknowledge that they received the complaints he filed by certified mail/return receipt.