Word: tribalized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Nelson Mandela had been a dutiful young man, respectful of tradition and authority, he would have grown up to be a chief of the Tembu tribe in the South African homeland of Transkei. Instead he rebelled against tribal ways, an arranged marriage and the white government's brutal apartheid system. He eventually became the world's most famous prisoner and, since his release four months ago, the de facto leader of the African National Congress...
Last week Quebec police arrested George and charged him with the murder of one of two Mohawks who perished in the fight. The victim: Harold "Junior" Edwards, who reportedly had taken no side in the inter-tribal feud...
Deep-seated ethnic animosities pose a threat to stability as these inexperienced countries move toward competitive democracies. Many African leaders have long maintained that if multiple political parties were permitted, they would inevitably form along tribal lines, inviting bitter and perhaps bloody confrontations. The Ivory Coast is home to at least 60 different ethnicities; Zaire has 200. While this argument has often been overblown to justify repression, ethnic and tribal rivalries inevitably complicate the growth of democracy...
Gambling foes charge that the casinos have not only attracted unsavory elements to the reservation but also failed to produce economic benefits. "We still have no supermarket, no Laundromat, no arena," says Chief Howard Tarbell, head of the St. Regis Tribal Council. "We need legitimate economic alternatives so people don't look only to the casinos for hope." Besides trying to monopolize the profits from casinos, critics claim, the Warriors are seeking to protect cross-border trading operations worth $100 million annually. U.S. and Canadian officials are searching for a formula that would restore peace to the reservation...
...years, the alliance has been a bulwark against the Soviets. Now Washington wants it to ensure a U.S. presence in Europe. -- Gambling starts a Mohawk tribal...