Thanksgiving: A Native American View
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For reasons that may never become clear I feel compelled to present this link.
Please discover that there is great diversity of culture, ideas and traditions within the Native American world, even as it exists in its subverted state.
I also submit the following quote that I find to be good food for thought as we approach a day of giving thanks for good in our lives.
"Once I was in Victoria, and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank, and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and that by and by they got it back, with interest. We are Indians, and we have no such bank; but when we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people, and by and by they return them, with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our way of giving is our bank."
~ Maquinna, Nootka Chief, early nineteenth century ~
Please discover that there is great diversity of culture, ideas and traditions within the Native American world, even as it exists in its subverted state.
I also submit the following quote that I find to be good food for thought as we approach a day of giving thanks for good in our lives.
"Once I was in Victoria, and I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank, and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and that by and by they got it back, with interest. We are Indians, and we have no such bank; but when we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people, and by and by they return them, with interest, and our hearts feel good. Our way of giving is our bank."
~ Maquinna, Nootka Chief, early nineteenth century ~
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dbocaz
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Great work... my student would love some feedback on her new video Urban Navajo... http://current.com/items/88794343_urban_navajo
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crystal
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