PEOPLE...PEOPLE!!!!! Let's not deteriorate to WWIII like a bunch of kindergarten kids just because Markie and Fay are gone! Take your private opinions off-list where they belong......PRETTY PLEASE!!!!! sherry dustyc@microgear.net -----Original Message----- From: Alicia Marseilles <raveneyes32@juno.com> To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 23, 2000 1:40 AM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] Also offended by the word! >To Scope, >You want to talk about respect? What happened to the respect due Nolora >for all the GENUINE help she is giving people trying to find thier >ancestors??!! I am Choctaw, nothing to prove, monitoring this site to >find lost relatives and trace my tribe back because I am also S.E. >Cherokee. Notice I did not call myself Indian (speaking of respect) >since I am of the Native People of this land and none of my family ever >came from India. A few drunk, diseased Europeans didn't know where they >were and out of RESPECT for my people, I refuse to let a bunch of sailors >define us. Squaw was notice past tense here, was, used regularly just >like nigger, cracker, and a bunch of other derogetory words. If you go >back to some earlier American writings, you will find these words used >regularly when describing the " lower class" along with some slave >manifests, marrige certificates, and other legal documents. That doesn't >make it ok then and it is certainly not ok now. You have to look at >things in the context of history and remember where they came from in >order to NEVER ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. Nalora was not calling anyone >a squaw, she was relaying information from a document or story... that >tells you how old the story is, what period it came from, and language >can help you to pinpoint a timeperiod in order to know where to look up >records. >No disrespect was intended obviously. Like I said, she did not call >anyone a squaw. If she did, then yes, there would be something to be >upset about and let me tell you I would be leading the charge... and I >have on several occasions. Nalora is deserving of respect, she has >helped a lot of people. We all need to get past this misunderstanding >and do what we should do best, stick together and support oneanother. >There aren't enough of us to fight weather Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, >Lakota, Creek, whatever tribe we belong to we are one people and we need >to stand as one people. We all seem to agree that the present USE of >squaw is derogatory and should not be used by ANYONE, but in the context >of history, it could be a reminder of what we will never allow again to >happen to us... Dani Ho!! >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >Please support wonderful & FREE genealogy on the internet. Join Rootsweb.com today! >