What the Cherokee trying to enforce a requirement for membership might define as justice appears to be quite the opposite of what possibly soon-to-be-denied-members might define as justice.  
   
  I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "mere" tribalism.  We are, after all, talking about a tribe here.  Are you saying that Indian tribes are free to act tribally until they offend someone's sensibilities, at which point "tribalism" becomes a yucky thing they shouldn't be allowed to continue?

Jurretta Heckscher <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
  Dear Clara:

I would hope you gonna root for whomever is being treated unjustly. 
The alternative is mere tribalism, the source and justification for 
much of the world's injustice in the first place.

--Jurretta Heckscher

On Mar 3, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Clara Callahan wrote:
>

> We just finished a couple of weeks of conversation about what those 
> whites did to those poor Indians and what those whites did to those 
> poor blacks. Now the conversation has turned to what those Indians 
> are doing to those poor whites and blacks. So far on this board no 
> one is championing either "minority" which, considering the past two 
> weeks' conversation, I find quite interesting. What does one do when 
> one "minority" goes up against another "minority"? Who you gonna root 
> for, the descendents of slaves, the descendents of whites who married 
> Indians, or the descendents of Indians?
> This oughtta be good.
>

To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions
at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html


To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions
at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html