JC>  DM> It's a fairly large school, (5-6000 students possibly).  However, I
JC>  DM> don't  recall seeing too many books on the northwestern peoples. 
JC>  
JC>  Again, be sure you're looking in the Anthropology section, not History.
 
Hi Jim.  I checked the computer at my public library, but they didn't have 
ny
of the books you mentioned.  I'll check the school library sometime this 
eek,
when I get a chance.
 
I did find a little info about the Northwest People in one of my class texts 
from several years ago.  Mostly the article dealt with the Natives from 
Vancouver Island north, (Haida, Tlingit, etc.).
 
JC>  DM> Wouldn't it be fun to learn more about them though?
JC> 
JC>  Actually, I think it's more interesting to learn about the Native 
American
JC>  where I _live_, not where I was _born_. That's why my area of interest 
s
JC>  the Pacific Northwest. 
 
My thinking on this is that the creator put me in that area for a reason, and 
due to modern influences, I moved from there.  It might help me to learn 
bout
what the Creator had in mind for me, as much as why I wound up here in SoCal. 
 
Also, information about the Kumeyyai is much easier to find now.  They are 
beginning to reach out into the community more, and information is flowing 
better.  I still read what I can, when I see it.
 
JC>  The wife and I went on a three-day trip through the Olympic Pennisula. 
She
JC>  commented on how neat it was to have her own "personal guide" to explain
JC>  things as we went along the highway or stopped at various museums. After 
I
JC>  retire we plan on doing more traveling in the Pacific Northwest and I 
find
JC>  I get more out of it if I know something about the area and its people 
and
JC>  history beforehand.
 
Sounds like a lot of fun.  I'd love to visit the Northwest Coast again.  I 
really felt more at home there than I have anywhere else I've been.  Only 
een
north of the Bay Area once since 1978, and that was a quick 3 day trip to 
Portland, and couldn't get away from my sister long enough to visit anyplace 
interesting.  
The day I left Washington, (I lived outside of Olympia), I cried.  No job, 
nd
one waiting here when I got back.  (Shrug)  Guess it wasn't meant to be.
 
Take care, and talk to you later.  
 
Dennis 
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