> JC> BTW, whilst I'm here... Ever read a book titled "Neither Wolf Nor
og"
> > of an author by the name of Kent Nerburn?
JC> SB> Nope. Is it a book I should add to my list of books to read someday?
JC> Uh... If I were you I wouldn't put it real high on my list. But it is a
> book that someone on the "other" service that claims to be full-blood
> has recommended at a book the can "teach" the "white guy" about the
"Indian
> (This same person also claims that one can NEVER "learn" about "Indians"
> by reading books... Go figure.)
Hmmmm -- it sounds like he really hasn't made up his mind about this
yet.
JC> It's a book by a "white guy" that has been "taught" by a Lakota "elder"
> (whom the author does not identify) over the period of one summer or so.
> (The full-blood I mentioned above "claims" to "know" some of the people
> mentioned in the book which supposedly gives it some authenticity.)
I am always skeptical of all books written by white guys taught by
Lakota elders. I am so skeptical of them that I refuse to read them.
Sondra
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þ SLMR 2.1a þ When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
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