PS... I was at a conference in my capasity as a judge in an American Native court. Jannet Reno, the Att. Gen. of the US offered us jails - non-native cops, and new court rooms. Justice Mary Winn of the Coleville Nation in the North West, rose and said... "Ms Reno, I can offer you a reasoned legal arguement to answer your offer. But, I'd rather tell you a story. Once upon a time the geese flew in a V. The Spirit of the Sky looked down and said, that is not the way to do it, fly in a straight line and leadership is apparant. They said, none of us is strong enough to be the leader. The spirit of the sky said, follow me and I will show you how. The geese took off after him in a straight line and the eagle looked down and said, Mmmmm. Lunch. He started at the last goose and ate his way to the first. When the spirit of the sky landed, the creator said WHere are my geese? The spirit of the sky said, It wasn't me, it was the eagle. Ms. Reno, you say, it isn't me, it is drug addiction, crime. Well we Indians have been following you in a straight line for 500 years. Now there are not enough of us to keep trying to fly in your line, we need to learn to fly in our V again, we need our sweat lodges, our children need to listen to our elders... we don't need your jails thank you."
Cheers, Larry