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