SB> I get real suspicious of spirituality classes.  Have you, by any chance,
SB> called the Cherokee and Delaware reservations, and verified that these
SB> people are qualified to be teaching you?  Have you verified their
SB> qualifications in other ways?
 
Sondra, no I've not checked their qualifications, instead I check the 
materials that they use.  
The instructor uses texts written by researchers who quote liberally, the 
native american ideals.  His primary texts are TEACHINGS FROM THE AMERICAN 
EARTH by Dennis and Barbara Tedlock, and WHITE ROOTS OF PEACE by Paul 
allace.
He also frequently uses Jack Weatherford's NATIVE ROOTS as well.  
 
His Masters Thesis was a history of the Kumeyyai people of Southern 
California, (around the San Diego Area).  
 
Dennis Martin
 
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