Thank you Carmen..well said..can I stay an play??? lol I remember those Indian dances too at my school!!! And oh the face paint they made us do??? Now my gramma never painted her face?? But the teacher said all Indians did??? And all indians this and that? and the war hoop cry they made us do??? wawawawawa???? Anyway, we walked around in the most rediculous paper costumes?? my gramma never wore those either!! Anyway, I thought your writing was right on!!! Nancy M. Cathey Tenhet A Gann/Threadgill decendent