"Being from Oz I may have missed a vital piece of context and I'm trying to avoid any sense of disparagement;"


                      It's funny how I just assumed everyone would know the context of being in prison in America. It's all about racial identity, so this fellow is segregated into a small group of Native Americans. There are far more Mexicans, Blacks, and Neo-Nazi Whites. If there are Asians, I don't think they distinguish between Chinese and Koreans, or whatever, but they have to be a member of a group to survive.
                      In any event, untill he gets out, he'll be wrapped up in whatever it means to be Native American.