Charles+Vicencio+on+Tribal+Rights

From my understanding, the issue here is the deprivation of rights of several concerned parties. The tribal rights are being challenged by the constitutions and they plan on reinforcing it with their own appeal to the court. But for me, the greatest violation of rights here is the rights of Ms. Wilngal. She did not choose to be born within a tribe with a tradition that treats women like exchangeable goods. When she uses her right to freedom when she refused to go along with the practice, the tribe appealed that they uphold the tribal tradition using the modern legal system. The tribal traditions were created long before the constitution were even conceived, so these traditions were created without the intent of protecting what the constitutions stand for. By using the modern legal system to uphold a tradition with no legal basis, for me, is kind of absurd. Yeah, the tribes are part of our history and culture today evolved from their traditions, but the thing is, our tradition evolved from theirs. Our culture is better in terms of providing equal rights among the member of the community than the previous period wherein the tribes existed. So if a member of that tribe refused to follow their tradition and followed what he or she chooses, he or she should be allowed to in today’s time. That’s the beauty of today’s time, technically, no one is a slave and everyone is free to do as they choose.