We had a vengeance lesson encounter, a couple of years ago with a Lakota Indian, we came across in the South Dakota area.
After some sharing of Indian (them Indian) flute styles and hosting us for some local Sioux city foods he happen to mentioned that he was on Parole. We dared an intrusion and asked why he was on Parole. He said he had murdered his distant cousin in a community feud (my paraphrasing of some sentiments I recall). And that followed by some hints of how the law has been unable to understand the Indian community and how harsh it has been to them that they have to deal with this foreign system (after killing one of their own?). I naturally, but after "casually" swallowing more of my meal, asked how the Indian justice system would be for this case - so I can get a feel for the monstrosity of the foreign laws. He said: if the elders found me incorrect in my act of killing him, I probably would be asked to become a substitute son for his parents and care of his parents and family as he would have. QED for Tea Beedi On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i loved this article. > > in the silklist tradition, i'm posting it in its entirety so that it can > be quoted in responses. > > -rishab > > > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/04/21/080421fa_fact_diamond?currentPage=all > Vengeance Is Ours > What can tribal societies tell us about our need to get even? > by Jared Diamond April 21, 2008
