JC>  Check with your college and see what they might be able to suggest. I 
know
JC>  the college I attend _does_ have _some_ provisions for sight-impaired 
stud
JC>  but I don't know what all is involved. (For example, I have seen ads 
looki
JC>  for volunteers to read textbooks onto audio tape.)
 
I will, when Spring Break is over.    I also go through the schools 
Disables Student's program for additional help in areas such as that.  
 
JC>  Ironic story. My Dad used to be in the Merchant Marine and whilst at sea 
h
JC>  a lot of spare time on his hands. He bought a machine and transcribed 
book
JC>  into Braille. A few years before he passed away he lost his sight and 
had 
JC>  read by using books transcribed into Braille by a new generation of
JC>  volunteers.
 
That is ironic.  Sorry your dad went blind.  He sounds like a wonderful 
erson
if he would even think of transcribing books into Braille for the blind.  
 
JC>  I don't know how big your college is, but I'd check the Anthropology 
secti
JC>  of the library.
It's a fairly large school, (5-6000 students possibly).  However, I don't 
recall seeing too many books on the northwestern peoples.  Mostly the more 
well known peoples such as those of the plaines or sunbelt.
 
JC>  Oh, and that wouldn't work real well for me.  I was born in 
Southwester
JC>  China. Very few people have even _heard_ of the Lisu and Lahu peoples. 

Wouldn't it be fun to learn more about them though?  That was my idea.  Until 
you used the term, I didn't know what they called themselves, (The Coos or 
Coosan peoples).  
JC>  You're welcome. And if you have any questions, holler. Oh, and don't 
forge
JC>  to check with your Libraries about InterLibrary Loan (ILL). Even if they
JC>  don't have a particular book, some other library might.
 
I'm familiar with that.  Used it several times when I was taking history 
classes and writing papers for them.   (Instructors told me I had a great 
feel for writing fiction about that time too.  I wonder if there's and 
correlation.)
 
Dennis Martin
 
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