Word: tribalized
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...modern version of the game follows the spirit if not the rules of the old tribal pastime. Called lacrosse by French missionaries because the curved hickory sticks reminded them of a bishop's crosier, the game as played by Iroquois braves or Blue Jay undergrads is more riot than religious rite. Civilization and 300 years have brought such refinements as helmets and shoulder pads. Even so, the basic game plan still holds that the next best thing to scoring a goal is ad ministering a crunching body check. Johns Hopkins Coach Bob Scott, a former Army ranger, says that...
...dead man was Lawrence Lamont, 31, an Oglala Sioux. His death was potentially explosive in view of demands by his family that he be buried in Wounded Knee. The Oglala Sioux tribal council and federal authorities have already refused to allow such a burial for Clearwater...
...both the federal forces and the insurgents holding the village exchanged fire with armed vigilante groups formed by disgruntled Wounded Knee residents who have been ousted by the militant occupation. There is strong reason to suspect that the vigilantes are displaced Oglala Sioux hoping to end the siege, but Tribal Council President Richard Wilson denies any involvement by his followers...
...recognize U.N., authority as the successor to the League of Nations. In defiance of the U.N., South Africa passed two laws extending formal apartheid measures to Namibians. The Development of Self-Government for Native Nations in South-West Africa Act of 1968 divided the worst desert lands into tribal areas called Bantustans, which were to be kept under close South African control. Then, in 1969, the South-West African Affairs Act brought Namibia completely under South African administration by making it a fifth province...
With little fanfare, Ervin has used his chairmanships to advance individual liberties. He inspired the revised Uniform Code of Military Justice, claiming that servicemen were subject to arbitrary discipline rather than justice. He pushed through a bill preventing any Indian tribal council from depriving an Indian of his constitutional rights. Ervin led a reform of the bail system, giving judges the power to release suspects too poor to pay bail but likely to appear for trial. He secured passage of a bill limiting the use of lie-detector tests in screening federal employees...