Yakoke Jami ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Blood Quantum, or Card Carrying > Carol Jean, > What Markie is saying is that there are people out there who specifically > exploit the issue of native american spirituality and heritage. > There are groups that you can pay a fee too and become a member > of their tribe. Those groups are not legitimate and are profiting from those > who cannot prove their heritage. There are spiritualist who make up their > own religion, give classes on it and profit by selling out. > Being Indian is not something you can buy. It is not something you > can learn on the computer. It is not something that you can instantly > plug into a genealogy chart on. It is a life that is instilled from your > ancestors. > It is learning the tribal ways from your elders. It is fighting for issues > which > affect those that have fought their whole lives to overcome. It is these > things > and many more. > > Nan aiya > Jami > > > > ==== 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....... > >