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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

I figured you'd provide something informative, if paranoia-based.  My, 
people were certainly ignorant back then!  He's telling people who 
wouldn't know any better that it's still going on today, from the way he 
worded it.

Bill

Lynda wrote:

> 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
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> > 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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