Thanks Dana, I like that one. :) Especially the bit about the politicians and the turkey dinners... which seems familiar. :)
> here's one from Leslie Marmon Silko, a famous Laguna poet: > Toe'osh: A Laguna Coyote Story > In the wintertime > at night > we tell coyote stories > and drink Spanada by the stove. > How coyote got his > ratty old fur coat > bits of old fur > the sprrows stuck on him > with dabs of pitch. > That was after he lost his proud original one in a poker > game. > anyhow, things like that > are always happening to him, > that's what he said, anyway. > And it happened to him at Laguna > and Chinle > and Lukachukai too, because coyote got too smart for his > own good. > But the Navajos say he won a contest once. > It was to see who could sleep out in a > snowstorm the longest > and coyote waited until chipmunk badger and skunk were all > curled up under the snow > and then he uncovered himself and slept all night > inside > and before morning he got up and went out again > and waitied until the others got up before he came > in to take the prize. > Some white men came to Acoma and Laguna a hundred years > ago > and they fought over Acoma land and Laguna women, and even > now > some of their descendants are howling in > the hills southeast of Laguna. > Charlie Coyote wanted to be governor > and he said that when he got elected > he would run the other men off > the reservation > and keep all the women for himself. > One year > the politicians got fancy > at Laguna. > They went door to door with hams and turkeys > and they gave them to anyone who promised > to vote for them. > On election day all the people > stayed home and ate turkey > and laughed. > The Trans-Western pipeline vice president came > to discuss right-of-way. > The Lagunas let him wait all day long > because he is a busy and important man. > And late in the afternoon they told him > to come back again tomorrow. > They were after the picnic food > that the special dancers left > down below the cliff. > And Toe'osh and his cousins hung themselves > down over the cliff > holding each other's tail in their mouth making a coyote > chain > until someone in the middle farted > and the guy behind him opened his > mouth to say "What stinks?" and they > all went tumbling down, like that. > Howling and roaring > Toe'osh scattered white people > out of bars all over Wisconsin. > He bumped into them at the door > until they said > "Excuse me" > And the way Simon meant it > was for 300 or maybe 400 years. > On 8/23/05, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > you mean as in those stories that start out with coyote >> > waking up in a >> > ditch? Ok... just wondered if it was a technical term >> > in >> > anthropology. >> >> > Dana >> >> lol... no I don't recall reading any of the hang-over >> stories... :) >> but no, it's not anthropological. ;) >> >> >> >> s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 >> new epoch : isn't it time for a change? >> >> add features without fixtures with >> the onTap open source framework >> >> http://www.fusiontap.com >> http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm >> >> >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170822 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
