DeclinetoState
03-17-2006, 08:49 PM
By TIM KORTE
Associated Press Writer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
A Mescalero Apache family in southern New Mexico has sued the producers of Steven Spielberg's television miniseries, "Into the West," claiming a set stylist cut an 8-year-old girl's hair without regard for tribal customs.
"It's part of our culture not to cut a girl's hair until her Coming of Age ceremony," the girl's father, Danny Ponce, said Friday in a telephone interview. "The only ones allowed to do that are the parents. Nobody asked for permission."
Ponce filed suit in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on March 6, naming Turner Films Inc. and the unknown stylist as defendants. The lawsuit seeks $250,000 for emotional distress and $75,000 in damages.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/17/D8GDL7K89.html
I must say that most girls and women with short hair don't look all that good. Here's a case in point (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/images/agreno.jpg).
There should have been some language in the contract that indicated the kid's hair would be cut. (If there was, and it could be read and understood without too much difficulty, the lawsuit should be dismissed.)
Where is NOW on this, BTW? Will they support the Native American Indian girl, or will they side with their Hollywood buds?
Associated Press Writer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
A Mescalero Apache family in southern New Mexico has sued the producers of Steven Spielberg's television miniseries, "Into the West," claiming a set stylist cut an 8-year-old girl's hair without regard for tribal customs.
"It's part of our culture not to cut a girl's hair until her Coming of Age ceremony," the girl's father, Danny Ponce, said Friday in a telephone interview. "The only ones allowed to do that are the parents. Nobody asked for permission."
Ponce filed suit in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque on March 6, naming Turner Films Inc. and the unknown stylist as defendants. The lawsuit seeks $250,000 for emotional distress and $75,000 in damages.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/17/D8GDL7K89.html
I must say that most girls and women with short hair don't look all that good. Here's a case in point (http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/images/agreno.jpg).
There should have been some language in the contract that indicated the kid's hair would be cut. (If there was, and it could be read and understood without too much difficulty, the lawsuit should be dismissed.)
Where is NOW on this, BTW? Will they support the Native American Indian girl, or will they side with their Hollywood buds?