I found a lot of good websites by just typing in seri indians. May be good for some, maybe not. Nell ----- Original Message ----- From: JohnnyMikeCraven@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:02 AM To: CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW-SE] The Legend of the Seri Indian Nation In a message dated 9/8/2002 11:03:33 PM Central Daylight Time, ElkDremr@aol.com writes: > Halito John > There is a tribe here in Calif. Called the Sereno could that be the same > one? > Elk Dreamer, I don't think so. The name was very specific in its sound and to me it was spelt Seri. George Ann previously wrote that there are many Seri all over California but suffer dilution of their heritage from tourists and pollution but none of that seems to apply to what was in the film which I found to be very troubling, especially the part that featured the eldest member of the tribe who was the repository of all the tribe's history and who had his eyes plucked out and his tongue cut off according to the film makers. You could see him being led around by a string that he held on to and he didn't look like he had any eyes. And apparently this was a decision of the leaders of the tribe to do this to the old man. Again, I found it sad. The only reference points, geographically, in the film were Baja California, and an island off of Baja California called Tiburon Island. John Craven New Orleans ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== Need more CHOCTAW information?? Try Rusty Lang's website at http://www.choctaw-web.com for censuses, genealogy lessons, articles, etc.Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com