Siraya update

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

You mean they are not....

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wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon



William J Poser wrote:
> The failure to recognize indigeneous peoples is not just a "political"
> problem. Some years ago a friend of mine who did not speak English
> was tried for two counts of murder in proceedings conducted entirely
> in English. The court appointed an interpreter for "Indian". The
> variety of "Indian" that the interpreter spoke was not the same
> language as the one my friend spoke. It took considerable time and
> effort to persuade the court that there is more than one Indian
> language spoken in the area and to appoint an interpreter for the
> correct language.
>
> Not long afterward, the university was very proud of itself for
> hosting various kinds of "Indian" ceremonies, unaware of the fact
> that these ceremonies were those of traditional enemies of the
> indigenous people of the area in which the university is located
> and that many of the actual indigenous people of the area considered
> the university to be engaged in enemy witchcraft.
>
> Bill
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