JC>  DM> My thinking on this is that the creator put me in that area for a
JC>  DM> reason, and  due to modern influences, I moved from there.
JC> 
JC>  The "modern influence" that caused my family to leave China was called
JC>  World War Two.
 
Completely understandable.    I shudder to think of what would happen if 
e
got into a war with Mexico.  (From America's Finest Target.)
 
JC>  DM> Also, information about the Kumeyyai is much easier to find now.
JC> 
JC>  I suspect that if I interogated any libray system around here I would 
find
JC>  very little on the Kumeyyai. But, Ill check.
 
You'd better check under the more comon name of "Mission Indians," or 
"Deguenio Indians."  I'm sure that you're aware of the slowness of a dominant 
society recognize and honor the traditions of the "losers" in a war.  
 
I had a history professor one time go to England to study their side of the 
American Revolution.  He finally found the information he wanted after he was 
instrcted to look under the heading of "North American Colonies: Revolution." 
This of course was at Oxford University.
 
JC>  DM> They are  beginning to reach out into the community more, and 
informat
JC>  DM> is flowing  better.  I still read what I can, when I see it.
JC>  
JC>  It's the historical information I'm looking for, for the most part.
 
That's what they are teaching.  They are trying to teach the young people who 
are Kumeyyai, about their history, not what is taught in the schools, about 
them.
 
JC>  DM> The day I left Washington, (I lived outside of Olympia), I cried.  
o
JC>  DM> job, and one waiting here when I got back.  (Shrug)  Guess it wasn't
JC>  DM> meant to be. 
JC>  
JC>  When I got out of the Navy in 1958, Oregon was in a deep recession and 
y
JC>  parents had already moved to SoCal. I went down there for a job and 
spent 
JC>  years trying to found a way out. When the opportunity came, it took us 
abo
JC>  ten minutes to pack. (Well, not really. ) I have since been back on 
on
JC>  (maybe two) occasions since 1968. I think I would rather be homeless in 
JC>  Oregon than working and existing in SoCal.
It's easier to be philosophical on a full stomach.  
 
However, I don't think you'd rather be living on the streets in a rain or 
snowstorm, rather than living in a warm house, with food to eat at your 
pleasure.  
 
My dad felt the same way that you do, yet he moved from Oregon in 1955, so 
that he could work and provide for his family.   One of his "Oregon Values" 
s
he used to say.  
 
Dennis Martin
 
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