Halito All: I just want to make a couple of comments in regard to this topic and then get on with my other "genealogical" business in my next posting. Firstly, the "Indian Law Resource Center" is extremely credible and is representing the Western Shoshone with the OAS and the UN. The reports on their web site are in fact the reports from the "Human Relations Commission" of the OAS and the UN. If you want to get the complete picture on the problem, The "Western Shoshone National Council" WSNC has an informational site at <www.alphacdc.com/wadp.landri.html>. If you want to help in any way, they have the "Western Shoshone Defense Project" Site at <www.alphacck.com/wsdp.landri.html> Of course if anyone continues to doubt the facts, they can enter Western Shoshone in Google Search or some other search engine and study the question themselves. I just wanted people to know the genocide has never ended. They're just more devious about it. What scares me most, they're beginning to act like they don't care who knows about it. SandyM, you should always speak your mind. If you make a mistake or you are misunderstood, you can always clarify. It's all about helping each other to get the information. If information were truly open and free, and not owned by the powerful, then I believe our people wouldn't be suffering this way or at least, not as much. In consideration of the American Psychiatric Association attempting to neutralize culture in some way, well I have to say it is very possible. Believe it or not, the very liberal and affable Patrick Moynihan, believed culture was the biggest danger to world peace and to this nation. Of course he and his colleagues wanted to convert every culture and nation to a westernized version, i.e. democratic capitalism. This in fact is the goal of the "Global Economy". The US wants to remake the world as copies of itself. This makes no sense from `a Socio/Cultural point of view. In biology, the broader the gene pool or the more diversity there is, the more robust the species. The same is true for societies. The more diversity you have the healthier and stronger your society is. Face it, we no longer have a republican form of democracy. We have a plutocracy. No matter who you vote for, that person's actions and vote are owned by the highest bidder. The only way to get power back to the people is to make laws that will not allow them to own the government or the information. I'm not talking about McCain/Feingold either. I am talking about laws that have stiff punishment for the person or corporation attempting to influence with money or to buy the news we hear, but also for the politicians and officials who are in league with them. This certainly isn't possible now but I am an optimist. If the people had the information, I think we might be surprised about the possibilities. I am not anti-white. If I was I would have to hate myself. I am Choctaw, Cherokee, Scot-Irish and English. I just want the powerful to be accountable. After all, we do hear those words, responsibility and accountability from them quite often. Especially from politicians who run and hide behind fancy attorneys whenever they are faced with responsibility or accountability. Although they use the words more than anyone else they don't truly know the meaning of those words. They are just empty words thrown about just as easily as a child throws a rock. How must they be accountable? They must first have true remorse, which I have yet to see. As long as they feel some justification for what they have done and continue to do, then it is not possible for them to change. They must return what they have taken and repair what they have destroyed. They must restore the body and soul of the Indian people, by providing the best possible medical care, restoring their cultures and languages by providing the money the people need to do the research to discover what they have lost. They must publically recognize what they have taken away and what they have destroyed in speeches, books and in the schools. All of the people of this country must be educated about what has happened and has continued to happen. They must restore all of the tribes and ensure they have a homeland as well as restore to all of the tribes as much land as possible especially in their original homeland. They must give ownership of all sacred sites to the appropriate tribes. I am not talking about government alone. I am talking about the corporations, wealthy land owners and the churches participating in the boarding school process, hospitals and other institutions participating in the child stealing and adoption rings. They must help restore the heritage of those who have lost it as a result of government genocidal activities. They must also restore the land they have destroyed. They not only stole the land but destroyed it with pollution, etc. They must reforest major parts of this land. There is only 2% of the forest since the European arrived. As others have mentioned on this site, I have always noticed something different about myself as have my friends and their parents as I grew up. That difference, I have known, now for some time, is that I am Choctaw. The more I learn about it the more sense there is to my life. That is why I wish so much for my family to be enrolled. I also want to live where there are more Choctaw people. I believe things will make even more sense to me. That brings to mind, the question about physical features, etc. There is the "Asian Fold". Only Asians, American Indians, Middle Easterners, and Melungeons have it. That is when the corner of the upper eye lid covers or goes over the top of the bottom eye lid. Sometimes you have to place your index finger by the corner of the eye and pull down a little to see it. A friend of mine's father always said he didn't like me because of the way my eyes looked. I suppose this is the reason. I was always getting comments about my appearance from people. Of course not all of them were negative. Everyone in my family has it, including the people who are very Caucasian looking. Of course with all of the genetic mixtures, not having it doesn't mean you are not of American Indian descent. I know this sounds fanciful but it would only be the beginning of justice as I understand the constitution, etc. Well, I'm off this topic for good. I'd better stop before I'm in trouble again. Sincerely: Imafo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com