Hello All, I just needed to share this information and blow off some steam. I went into Border's bookstore last night to find some Native American books I had seen on-line. I went to the history section and there were cases and cases of Afro-American, Arab, Korean, Irish, Scottish, Japanese, Chinese, Celts. I could go on and on, but you get the idea. Then, I went to the language section. They were English, Italian, Iraqi, Arab, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Japanese. Again, the list goes on and on. Do you want to know what I found on Native Americans? There were 5 shelves not completely filled in the history section and nothing in the language area. I felt really hurt that Border's seems uninterested in promoting our Native American history or language. I would suggest we all start to advocate our heritage to all around us. We should have a movie similar to the Afro-American story "Roots". At least the Afro-Americans can trace their history back to Africa. Heck, they could even go back there and live as they were. Their culture still exists and has not changed. Not so, for our native history. We are going to have to do some big time pushing to get others to see we want our story heard and our culture back. If you have gotten this far in reading, thank you for listening. :-) I'd love to hear your comments on the subject. Thanks again. Paula (Williams) McLeod

Hi Paula Just found it interesting that you last name is McLeod, and wondering if we could be related. My maiden name was McLeod. My father, was Patrick McLeod / gfather was Phillip McLeod from Michigan(UP) , gggfather was Thomas McLeod, he was from Canada (Ont.). I also now of Williams family from Michigan. I can get you in contact with a Williams family member if your interested. You can email me at jthibault@lighthouse.net Hope to hear from you. Patty (McLeod) Thibault ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pmcleod0@aol.com> To: <NISHNAWBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 11:12 AM Subject: [NISHNAWBE] Native American Literature and Publications > Hello All, > > I just needed to share this information and blow off some steam. I went > into > Border's bookstore last night to find some Native American books I had > seen > on-line. I went to the history section and there were cases and cases of > Afro-American, Arab, Korean, Irish, Scottish, Japanese, Chinese, Celts. I > could go > on and on, but you get the idea. Then, I went to the language section. > They > were English, Italian, Iraqi, Arab, Spanish, French, Russian, German, > Japanese. Again, the list goes on and on. Do you want to know what I > found on > Native Americans? There were 5 shelves not completely filled in the > history > section and nothing in the language area. I felt really hurt that > Border's seems > uninterested in promoting our Native American history or language. > > I would suggest we all start to advocate our heritage to all around us. > We > should have a movie similar to the Afro-American story "Roots". At least > the > Afro-Americans can trace their history back to Africa. Heck, they could > even > go back there and live as they were. Their culture still exists and has > not > changed. Not so, for our native history. We are going to have to do some > big > time pushing to get others to see we want our story heard and our culture > back. > > If you have gotten this far in reading, thank you for listening. :-) I'd > love to hear your comments on the subject. Thanks again. > > Paula (Williams) McLeod > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >