Boy am I glad!!! Ruthie King wrote: > I saw a bumper sticker once that read, "Aren't you glad Columbus wasn't > looking for Turkey?" LOL! Sorry...just had to throw that one in the mix. > > Ruthie > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: [email protected] > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] testing > Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:07:36 EDT > > I think personaly i just take pride in being Choctaw, > I don't mind if someone calls me Indian, Native American, or American > Indian, I have had friends refer to me as Indian, and any, and everytime...I > just take pride in just the thought of being assotiated with my ancestors, > no > matter what the reference is. > So, I would fall under the catigory as having no prefernce as to what I > am > called, its what it means to me inside that counts to me. I take pride in > what my ancestors mean to me, not to someone else. Cause to someone else it > could mean something completly different. > I do understand that being called an Indian in one way or another can be > ofencive, and don't get me wrong, in some cases I would take it the wrong > way > also. > > a Pusley... > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe: > Send msg. to [email protected] > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures....... > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe: > Send msg. to [email protected] > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... "unsubscribe" without the quotes > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off signatures.......

> > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: [email protected] > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] testing > > Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:07:36 EDT > > > > I think personaly i just take pride in being Choctaw, > > I don't mind if someone calls me Indian, Native American, or American > > Indian, I have had friends refer to me as Indian, and any, and everytime...I > > just take pride in just the thought of being assotiated with my ancestors, > > no > > matter what the reference is. <<<Snip>> ================================== WOW what a long thread of tests <G> Imagine all the interesting conversation in there l;-) Glad to see the taking pride on Choctaw post, makes me feel good we all take pride in our selves and who we are in any way we do. We passed the friend ship last year, dont know if any one remembers , but here it is again <G> Passing frienship to any one who will pass it on. Love YA all we all are people and that is worth caring for each other . Nice post above I agree too l;-) Dan listowner CherokeeGene and Cherokee-L