Don, What is your individual email address? I cannot tell from the post. I will relay your question to a listserve restricted to Native Studies scholars and will send you replies, or have folks reply directly to you. Sandra, thank you for noting a "BlackIndians" website. That is a popular site that I cannot recommend other than for anyone's personal interest in the current movement of people interested in tracing their Native ancestry. The individuals listed as "black Indians" are not tribal members. Some may indeed have Native ancestry; a few may be tribally connected [e.g., involved members of a tribal community]. If anyone is interested in the exhaustive issue of indigenous authenticity, see last week's _LA Weekly_ for a story well beyond the dilemmas of James Frey's writing. The qualities of honesty, honor, dignity, and authenticity appear to be in such sort supply these days. The story involves a writer who passed himself off as Navajo, naming himself Nasdijj [which, I might note, is not a Navajo name and merely a Navajo sounding jibberish]. This one story helps to articulate why issues of tribal membership are important in Indian country. All the best to everyone, Susan ______________________________________________ Dr. Susan Berry Brill de RamÃrez, Professor of English Department of English, Bradley University 1501 W. Bradley Avenue, Peoria, IL 61625 U.S.A. (309) 677-3888; fax (309) 677-4560; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Don Calkins Sent: Sun 2/5/2006 10:07 PM To: Baha'i Studies Subject: Black Indians in the West Dear Friends, The Community & Culture working group of the Great Falls Poverty Reduction Organization of Opportunity Link (http://www.opportunitylinkmt.org/) is looking at the possibility of having a program next year during the MLK Day/Black History Month time period. One possible topic under consideration is "Black Indians in the West". We are looking for possible speakers. At this point I don't know how much money beyond expenses would be available. If anyone knows of anyone who would be a good presenter/facilitator, please contact me. Don C -- -.-.-.-.- He who believes himself spiritual proves he is not. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
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