Chukma Tas na Walk in Beauty Elkdreamer >From: Amarya@aol.com >Reply-To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com >To: CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [CHAHTA] Re: CHAHTA-D Digest V01 #237 >Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 20:21:58 EDT > >In a message dated 4/8/01 10:20:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, >CHAHTA-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > has gotten me through some really tough times and either kept me on the > > right road, or quickly brought me back to the right road. > > OK, I know, here I go again! Thanks for listening ya'll! And >thanks > > brothers and sisters for being here! > > Tsana > > > > > >I know what you are saying, Tsana. I always looked at the movies, etc. a >little differently, I think, knowing that I am part Indian. My Mother >never >said much beyond just that we were Choctaw, Cherokee, and Chickasaw. I >remember growing up with that knowledge and I guess I inherited their >culture >without realizing that it was different from the neighbors who might have >been German or Italian or whatever. It was just the was it was at our >house. > >My Mother's sister, on the other hand, has embraced a lot of the Choctaw >art >and decorating. She remembers the Indian children being called out of >school >to be counted as the schools got more money for the Indian kids. She and >her >husband developed some land here in California and named their street >"Choctaw Trace". BTW, he passed over last week. We are going up north to >see her on Thursday. >I am sorry, I didn't mean to get so long-winded. Mary > > >==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== >To subscribe to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L Genealogy mail list: >Send msg. to CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com >Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "subscribe" without the quotes >Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com