Cypherpunks is mainly a computer-security mailing list,
though many of us have interest in legal issues, special jurisdictions, etc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] is a law-and-computers list,
with a lot of lawyers on it, where you may have more success.
The ACLU's got a good introductory book on Indian* legal issues.
>From a cypherpunks perspective, Indian reservations have some advantages,
because gambling is legal on many of them and they're theoretically
independent of state laws, but in practice there are Federal laws
against online gambling that still apply, because they're
US-conquered territory, and sovereignty tends to be pretty limited
any time it's actually useful...
I don't know what you mean by "underrepresented", unless it's some
PC term for "poor"...
At 09:10 PM 03/27/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>To whom it may concern
> I am doing a senior thesis on the historical relevance to the legacy of
>poverty among reservation Indians. I need to define the unique legal status
>of the American Indian because it is what makes them different from any
>other underrepresented group. Can you give me this definition?
[A friend of mine's comment on why he uses the term "Indian"
instead of "Native American" is that it's the term the Indians he knows use.]
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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