| From: | Kelly Martin <kelly@*******.BLOOMINGTON.IN.US> |
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| Subject: | Re: Invisible Pink Unicorns |
| Date: | Sat, 16 Sep 1995 18:27:46 EST5 |
Cukoo> I for one have a very difficult time imagining Native American
Cukoo> culture modernized, even in a real tense (I have no Amerindian
Cukoo> blood in me), the most vivid images I can conjure of native
Cukoo> american culture are like some sick cowboys and indians movie.
Cukoo> As for the totems, I have gathered from postings here that
Cukoo> there are a wide variety of views, most of which are probably
Cukoo> based more on SR liturature than any basis in fact at all
Cukoo> (myself included).
for a literary look at the Lakota, try _Tonweya and the Eagles_, by
Rosebud Yellow Rose.
avoid anything by Jean Fritz (who is an incompetent researcher) and
Jamake Highwater (who is a liar).
k.
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kelly martin <kelly@*******.bloomington.in.us>
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed
ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet
be determined to make them otherwise. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
