Jami, This is so true. Recently on E-Bay, there was a guy who had up for auction, starting bid $250.00, "Spiritual Medicine Man" lessons through E-mail. He said he had places for 5 students. He only got 1 bid for the $250.00, so next he put it on ebay with spaces for more people at a smaller price. I quit checking it, so don't know how many people he wound up teaching! Now you know those people paid a high price for a bunch of garbage. Markie At 05:33 PM 05/24/2000 EDT, you wrote: >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....... > > >