Over the years, Professors Fikes and Furst have been feuding over their respective scholarship over the Huichol Indian community in northern Mexico, in a dispute reminiscent of the cliche referring to academic politics and small stakes. The two had threatened each other with libel lawsuits, but Fikes went through with his; it was litigated up to the New Mexico Supreme Court, which threw out the case Friday. (AP, Nov. 22; Simon Romero, “A real-life feud springs from peyote’s hallucinations”, Arizona Republic, Sep. 17).
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NM Supreme Court Ends Long-Running Academic Dispute
The AP reports here (via kobtv.com): The state Supreme Court has ruled that a state district court was right to dismiss a lawsuit filed by one anthropologist against another. The court Friday ruled in favor of Peter Furst, a Santa…
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