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NEWS ABOUT: tribes

tribes stories: 10 news summaries

 Mexican Gangs Move 
 Into US Indian Land 

Drug cartels take advantage of overworked cops

Nov 5, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexican drug gangs have been rapidly expanding their marijuana-growing operations in the US in recent years, especially on Indian reservations. The gangs take advantage of underfunded tribal police departments, large tracts of unused land, and overlapping jurisdictions to set up grows on reservations from California to South Dakota, authorities say.... More »

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marijuana • drug cartel • Native American • tribes • drug traffickers • reservation • Mexican drug cartel

Writer Wrestles With Visit to Long-Necked Thai Tribe

Overcomes angry tour guides, conscience

Aug 23, 09 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most travel companies refuse to take tourists to Thailand’s Burmese Padaung tribe—whose women wear neck coils that artificially elongate their necks—arguing that the practice is exploitative. But Amit R. Paley, writing for the Washington Post, ultimately found a guide and wrestled down his conscience. "My ability... More »

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travel • Thailand • tourism • women • tribes • Burma • exploitation

'Bloodthirsty' New Guinea Tribesman Sues New Yorker

Tribe complains they were wrongly portrayed as murderous rapists and pig thieves

Apr 22, 09 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Papua New Guinea tribesman portrayed as a bloodthirsty, revenge-driven killer in a New Yorker article is seeking payback from the magazine, Forbes reports. A $10 million lawsuit charges that the story wrongly accuses Daniel Wemp and another tribesman of rape and murder when they had only been recounting traditional... More »

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New Yorker magazine • Papua New Guinea • lawsuit • tribes

opinion

 Globalization Is 
 Changing Our Brains 


Mar 29, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Having boogied in 70 countries on all seven continents, Matt Harding concludes that “globalization is forcing our brains to evolve." Known via the Internet for dancing poorly with locals in far-flung locations, Harding argues that our brains were designed for social interaction within a small tribe—but we... More »

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evolution • globalization • brain • tribes • NPR • cavemen • social behavior

Bedouin Tribe Claims
Kinship With Obama

Nomadic clan cheers victory of 'Bedouin Obama'

Nov 13, 08 3:25 AM CST
(Newser) - A Bedouin tribe is northern Israel has claimed Barack Obama as one of its own, the Times of London reports. The sheik of the 8,000-member tribe said he realized the connection after his 95-year-old mother pointed out Obama's striking similarity to an African migrant worker who came to the... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • tribes • sheik • President Obama

Fuel Costs Squeeze Services for Native American Tribes

Social service delivery, rides for elderly hit by skyrocketing prices

Jun 17, 08 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Higher gas prices are forcing Native American tribal governments to cut back on transportation services, reports Reznet News. The Rosebud Sioux tribe provides its police, education and social services departments with transportation, as well as rides for the elderly and trips to medical appointments. But with coffers running on empty,... More »

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Arizona • Montana • New Mexico • South Dakota • transportation • gas prices • tribes • Native Americans

 First Contact With Amazon Tribe 

Warriors aim arrows at aircraft

May 30, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the last remaining Amazon tribal communities yet to have contact with the outside world has been photographed from the air, reports the BBC. The photos show startled, red-painted tribesmen aiming arrows at the aircraft overhead. Members live in thatched huts near Brazil's remote Peruvian border. More than half... More »

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Brazil • Peru • tribes • Amazon rainforest • Survival International • indigenous peoples • Stephen Corry

Kenya Spirals Toward Ethnic War

Contested election result turns into tribal violence

Jan 2, 08 9:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The tribal violence gripping Kenya could reach a bloody climax tomorrow, Time reports, when an opposition leader has urged supporters to converge on a park in Nairobi to protest the results of last month's general election. Raila Odinga blames a rigged vote-count for re-electing President Mwai Kibaki, igniting disarray that... More »

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Kenya • tribes • Rwanda • Kikuyu • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Luo • tribal warfare • ethnic warfare • election

8,000 Kenyans Killed by Cops, Lawyers Say

Police call charges against outlaw sect 'fictitious'

Nov 25, 07 8:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan cops have killed or fatally tortured more than 8,000 youth since 2002, human rights lawyers charged today. The deaths, along with 4,000 cases of missing men, are allegedly part of a state crackdown on the Mungiki—an outlawed sect the government blames for gang violence. Police have... More »

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Africa • Kenya • human rights • gangs • tribes • Nairobi • Mungiki • Kikuyu • Mau Mau rebellion • Mwai Kibaki

Tribes Sell Memberships to Illegal Immigrants

Sham offer won't make aliens legal, Feds warn

Aug 18, 07 7:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two unofficial Indian tribes have sold thousands of memberships to illegal immigrants with the promise that the paperwork will make them legal. Some buyers have reported paying as much as $1,200 for the memberships, which federal officials warn don't offer any protection from deportation. "You can't just... More »

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citizenship • illegal immigration • immigrant • Native American • tribes • Little Shell • Kaweah

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