-=> Quoting Jane Kelley to Jim Casto <=-
 JK> It isn't a philosophical question, but merely one about the mineral
 JK> content of the human body and of the foods we eat. We are finally
 JK> coming around to the knowledge that we have a long way to go in this
 JK> direction.
 
 That is true. And I suspect that we will always have a long way to go.
 After all we have only been on this earth for several million years now
 and the more we learn the more we find out we don't know. I stopped
 worrying about it long ago. Maybe one of these days someone (anyone from a 
 shaman to a "faith healer" to a scientist will do) will find a cure for
 the common cold.
 
 JK> The Russians may or may not have gotten that far.  They were into a
 JK> lot of psychic research in the 1940's and 1950's when this nation was
 JK> still saying that it didn't exist.
 
 Don't know much about psychic research. Not high on my list of "things to
 know about". There was a "Town Hall" (local Portland, Oregon discussion
 show) about things like that. Mostly exposing the hoaxes. Reminds me again
 of the joke about levitation. Or the guy that has the "million dollar" bet
 for anyone that cares to demonstrate their psychic powers to bend spoons
 and stuff.
 
 JC> Does this old Indian man have a name? James Selam, perhaps?
 JK> I don't remember names very well, but I do remember the eyes of that
 JK> man.
 
 James Selam is an adjunct prof at U of W. Born in 1919. As far as I know,
 still living.  Co-author (with Eugene Hunn) of "Nch'i-Wana - Big River"
 about Mid-Columbia River Indians. His picture is on page 10 in my paperback
 version. Excellent book. I always watch for lectures given by Hunn or Selam
 but always manage to miss them.
 And while I am mentioning books... There is another excellent book titled:
 "A Time of Gathering" by Robin K. Wright. "A Time of Gathering" was an
 exhibition at Burke Museum in Seattle in 1989. The book is a "hardcopy"
 of that exhibition.
 
 I find it interesting that they would call the meeting a "Medicine Wheel".
 Medicine wheels are not a Pacific Northwest tradition. Hunn and Selam don't 
 mention them. Actually, I suspect that in most/many cases the term has been
 misappropriated by "New Agers" or Sun Bear's organization. I, personally,
 would be real hesitant in attending _anything_ called a "Medicine Wheel". If
 it was sanctioned by the University and/or nearby tribes it would have
 _some_ credibilty. If it was just "using" the University in an attempt to
 _establish_ some modicum of legitimacy?... Naughty, naughty.
 Jim
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