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3/15/2005
8:01:25 pm EST
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Nebraska: Judge Oks Indian Inmates, Religion Plan
Author: AP Source: ABC News Online (AU)
Title: JUDGE OKS INDIAN INMATES, RELIGION PLAN
  Nebraska's American Indian inmates can have powwows, meet with medicine men and use a tobacco substitute during religious ceremonies under a federal court settlement approved Monday.
The settlement, reached between the inmates and prison state officials last year, was approved by U.S. District Judge Warren Urbom.
The settlement grew from a complaint filed on behalf of some 200 American Indian inmates by Richard T. Walker, an Indian sentenced to life in prison in 1966 for murder.
Walker complained among other things that a medicine man stopped coming to the prison because officials made so many demands that he prove his qualifications.
Under the agreement, American Indian inmates can have two powwows a year and use traditional foods such as fry bread, corn and "berry dish" in their ceremonies.
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| Compromise | Mar 16th. at 8:33:47 am EST
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Titania (Smallville, New York) - Email Me
I am pleased to see that both sides were able to compromise and come up with an alternative that satisfies both the need for order in a prison setting and the sprititual needs of inmates. Though some inmates may never see freedom again, many will. Having the support of their sprititual systems will help them cope when returning to mainstream society. That and a job and a decent home of course.
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| Not Traditional, Eh? | Mar 16th. at 12:08:11 am EST
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Rev Jorinx (Sioux City, Iowa) - Email Me
Just because fry bread isn't pre-columbian doesn't mean it's not traditional. Basketball is post-columbian, too. But just see what happens if you try to remove some bnasketball hoops from a a rez court.
;-)
I think it's great that the courts are becoming more sensitive to the cultural and spiritual needs of native cultures.
B*B
Rev. Jeva
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