11.   And there are tribes in the South.

12.   As far as their tribes are concerned, they may as well be spacemen.

13.   As Nevada opens the door to on-line gambling, tribes are concerned Californians might log on to web sites designed by the Mirage instead of visiting a reservation.

14.   As represented at the convention, the tribe is remarkably far-reaching, containing every demographic twist Los Angeles can throw.

15.   At last tribes are able to hire lawyers to represent their interests, and are able to contribute to the campaigns of politicians who regard them as genuine constituents.

16.   Attorney Mason Morisset said the opposing tribes are entitled to a finality of judgment.

17.   But he acknowledges that Indian tribes historically have been slow to deal with the abuser and the victim.

18.   But he said the tribe had been slow to enact regulations that would have given them jurisdiction over the dumping site and had demonstrated more emotion than reason.

19.   But even in defeat, the tribe was a winner.

20.   But in the end, the Jewish tribes were defeated, and the Quran refers to them as a people whose rebelliousness had always been punished by God.