RA>I think you're right.  Certainly many of the messages I've read here over
  >the past four years and some of the flame wars bear this out--and one
  >must also bear in mind that it is likely that a higher percentage of the
  >white people here are interested in learning contemporary native opinion
  >than in the population at large.  Sometimes the truth can be a bitter
  >pill to swallow, but it is likely to serve as a better tool in the long
  >run.  A white person may not like what many Native people think and may
  >not agree with it at all, but in knowing those opinions, he or she will
  >know exactly what 'time' it is in Indian Country (other than Indian
  >Standard Time)--they are less likely to wander onto the nearest rez and
  >say something like 'Hey, Chief, take me to your sweat lodge'.
Or wander up to their local Indian, and make the same request.  I know a
couple who just came back from a summer touring the west, including the
Grand Canyon.  They went to a couple of Indian rezes, and, apparently,
picked up literature to read while there.  They came back, telling me
"Did you know that the Navajo don't like to be called Navajo; and
that only the Hopi should make Kachina dolls?"   "Yes," I grinned.  And
I thought, "It took a tour of the West, and probably a few blunders on a
reservation, but at least they're finally learning something."
                    Sondra
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