Howdy, I just took a look at the Ancient American Magazine web site. It appears their mission is to support some theories which are not widely accepted in academic archeological circles. Seems to me exploring outside of the box can usually be fun. How else would we discover that good whiskey can be mixed with Mountain Dew and still be fit for consumption. Cousin Chuck > [Original Message] > From: Marilynn Masten <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/9/2006 3:08:18 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT > > Yah but as my kids always said. Get the magazine Ancient America, The > tribes we call Indian were NOT the first. > Marilynn > IBSSG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marilyn Otterson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT > > > >I once went to some classes taught by a Native American...or Indian...we > > asked which he preferred to be called. He said, "We like to be called > > First > > Americans." Thought that was pretty good and nice..and accurate. > > > > Marilyn (one N) > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Robyn Leeds" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:19 PM > > Subject: Re: [ARMSTRONG] OT > > > > > >> "I always thought that most of the African-American or Black Armstrongs > >> had taken a "slave name" or the name of the person who "owned" them." > >> > >> I worked at Denny's as a waitress when I was pregnant with Lauren. There > >> were quite a few Hispanics and a couple of black Americans. One in > >> particular I still remember to this day, although don't ask me his name, > >> I've forgotten that bit! lol I said "African American" to something and > >> he said "No, I'm NOT African American, I'm BLACK American. I wasn't born > >> in Africa, my ancestors were, but that doesn't give ME the right to use > >> 'African'". Made perfect sense to me!!! > >> > >> This also happened with Native Americans too, take hubby for instance. > >> He's Pueblo Indian, from Laguna, NM and his family all have the English > >> name of Leeds. Can't get much more English than that! lol Apparently > >> when they were all "rounded up" to be placed on reservations, they were > >> given an English surname so they could easily be identified. > >> > >> Sadly a lot of the history of their correct names has been lost, which > >> makes my job of tracing hubby's lines very difficult! :( If I could find > >> out what "Yamie" means (Walter's Dad's middle name and Robert's middle > >> name) I think I'd be happy!! :D > >> > >> Take care, > >> > >> Rob. > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message