Indian Forum: Around the world.
PHOTO: Subcommander Marcos, a leader of Mexico's Zapatista rebels, holds his weapons aloft Sunday in the jungle village of La Realidad. He then put the weapons aside and left for the Zapatistas' National Indian Forum in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas. AP photo|PHOTO...
Indian Forum: Indian Meaning
Shazaaye Puebla's explanation of the name "Indian" (Forum, May 11) was the most charming and most useful folk etymology I have ever seen. Well written, not so well researched. For a myth to be a myth, at least one person has to believe it. Whoever said Columbus thought he was in India? It's the sort of idea that could catch on irreversibly, like the myth that Columbus was out to prove the world was round.But no, natives did not eat salted...
SEN. INOUYE TO ATTEND INDIAN FORUM
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, who has monitored the debate over Chippewa treaty rights, plans a return visit to the state, the Wisconsin Indian Resource Council says.Inouye is chairman of the Senate's Select Committee on Indian Affairs. He toured Wisconsin last spring, listening to reports about the conflict over the treaties that allow Chippewa special hunting and fishing rights on public property. He has agreed to attend the Forum on Sovereignity: Divergent Jurisdictions,...
Indian Forum: Some learn Indian justice the hard way
California tribes enjoy the same immunity from civil suits as that granted to foreign countries.
Most Californians don't realize that when they enter California Indian territory, they leave many of their rights as U.S. citizens at the border. If you get into a car accident with a tribal employee on tribal business, are injured at an Indian resort or casino, or are fired without just cause, you can't sue the tribe in California court. If you're owed money in a business dispute or are sexually harassed, you can't sue, either. The...
