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[Richard LaFortune]

cute-
but can we please limit this listserve to Native
language??  :)
Richard


--- Andre Cramblit <andrekar at NCIDC.ORG> wrote:
> Ask Dr. Coyote* Answers on food and exercise
> http://www.americanindianonline.com/food/index.html
>
> Dear Dr. Coyote: So, in your most respected opinion,
> why are our Native
> kids these days getting so large? Is it genetic, a
> result of
> institutional prejudice or a dominate society
> placing western values on
> traditional people? What gives?
>
>   Response: Face it, our kids are being molded in
> our own image. We used
> to hunt, fish, gather food, chop wood, play games,
> swim, run, be
> outdoors all day, make baskets, travel miles to
> visit people (on foot
> no less) and we lived a much happier and more active
> life. Now we are
> happy if we can figure out how to use the microwave
> for instant
> macaroni and cheese. Get out of your recliner, go
> outside and take your
> children with you. Plant a garden (or get some
> friends and family and
> start a community garden), go on daily nature walks,
> gather acorns and
> mushrooms in the fall, hike, learn to fish with a
> pole, take up a
> sport, coach your child’s team, turn off the
> television and move.
>
> Leading by example is not the way I Choose to live,
> but hey, you’re a
> responsible parent now and that is your job, not
> mine. I remember my
> friend Raccoon, who lived with his grandmother. She
> would send him out
> to get acorns so they would have food for the
> winter. On his way up the
> mountain to their family gathering site, he would
> play a stick game
> with his friends. Then on the way home, he would
> jump in a creek and
> swim to cool off. Take a clue from Raccoon and
> figure out how to
> incorporate lots of exercise in your daily life. Get
> active, and make
> sure your kids are close by your side.
>
> *Please note that in many cultures, Coyote is the
> trickster and his
> advice should be taken with a grain of sodium
> reduced kosher sea salt
> (his words is intended as humor or parody). If you
> have any questions
> to ask of Dr. Coyote about, diet, health, nutrition
> or exercise please
> email: coyote at ncidc.org
>
>
>
> .:. 
>
> André Cramblit:
> andre.p.cramblit.86 at alum.dartmouth.org is the
> Operations Director Northern California Indian
> Development Council
> NCIDC (http://www.ncidc.org) is a non-profit that
> meets the development
> needs of American Indians
>
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