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