Shadow Bear, I can not even imagine in my own mind how devastating it was for a small child forced into boarding school and have their hair cut (not to mention, their clothes burned and beaten for speaking their own language). The fear and shame that was felt and of course the identity crisis, confusion and rage that followed. Brin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "shadowbear270" <shadowbear270@webtv.net> To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:51 AM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Hair Cut > Dan==Don't you think cutting you hair would be almost as bad as a man > that beats his wife==a wife beater would have the clan on him==cutting > your hair the rest of the village would be on you==Cutting your hair is > telling every one about being a coward > > SHADOW BEAR

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "shadowbear270" <shadowbear270@webtv.net> > To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:51 AM > Subject: [Cherokee Circle] Hair Cut > > > > Dan==Don't you think cutting you hair would be almost as bad as a man > > that beats his wife==a wife beater would have the clan on him==cutting > > your hair the rest of the village would be on you==Cutting your hair is > > telling every one about being a coward > > > > SHADOW BEAR > > =========================================> Well how about now ? Haircuts are required to keep many jobs. Dan M