Diana and Bodvar,
I don't wish to keep harping in the Indians but I think it is important to
understand their impact on the book.
I have no Indian blood (I am a cross between a Razorback and a Post Oak
Runner) but I have lived among them most of my life and have lots of Indian
friends and acquaintanances. I said in a previous message that I live in
Tahlequah, Oklahoma which is the Capitol of the Cherokee Nation
Both of you seem to have reached the conclusion that the apparent
reticence and shyness of the Indian is due to the repressing effect of
whites and that Indians would be just like whites strictly among themselves.
This is just not true. What you interpret as reticence and shyness is just
the way Indians approach life even alone or just among themselves. They have
very little (or no) small talk.
Give me a little time and maybe I can scare up an Indian to write you a
message explaining all of this. Ken Clark
MOQ.org - http://www.moq.org
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