metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Not exactly the same but at least similar is this: I spend quite a bit of time on Indian reservations up here in the U.P. because of my previous work as an anthropologist with the people I came to know, and at one of the towns here an Ojibwe band wanted to use the high school after school hours for drumming, which is involved in basically a type of "religious ceremony" of sorts (generally speaking, most Amerindian tribes and bands traditionally don't separate "church and state" like most Americans tend to).
The administration of the school district refused them, but a lawyer for the band pointed out that there were other groups that used the building after hours, including a Christian one. The administration still refused to allow them-- until the Ojibwe threatened a law suit. Then the administration suddenly got "religion".
The administration of the school district refused them, but a lawyer for the band pointed out that there were other groups that used the building after hours, including a Christian one. The administration still refused to allow them-- until the Ojibwe threatened a law suit. Then the administration suddenly got "religion".