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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Ah, Bill, just FYI, that used to be the case.  Until 1928 Indians were 
legally classified as animals with no *human* rights which included no 
rights under the law to protest any actions in court nor could they legally 
testify in any court case.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Jones" <billj AT harborside.com>


> Are there people being imprisoned on reservations?
>
> This makes me think of something I saw on TV.  There's a show called
> "Moms in Africa".  They were in S. Africa and they went to see this
> fellow's drag show.  They only showed a fraction of what must be total
> BS.  He said something about how their Apartheid system was inspired by
> American indian reservations.  My understanding is that, if you were
> black, you had to be out of Johannesburg and back in one of the
> "townships" by sundown.  I didn't realize that our local tribe also has
> to check in with the Gestapo every night <sarcasm>.  Anyway, if the
> audience were always Americans, it wouldn't matter so much, since we all
> know that indians come and go as they please.  But here's this lying
> freak telling that to other audiences as well, and shaping their views
> of us.
>
> Bill
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