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size=2>Richard, thanks for your story, I'd like to share it with my applied
anthropology class and race and ethnic relations class ....with your permission
of course. More of your perspective needs to be heard and this story is a great
way to share your perspective. I agree with you, and I can certainly talk to
some of your points, however since this is a language and technology discussion
group, I'm respectfully not going to. Let me however apologize for those
who aren't willing to even have dialogue and share this quote by John
Kenneth Galbraith Oct 15 1908-Apr 29th 2006. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=050163919-30042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3><B>"The modern conservative is
engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; </B></DIV>
<DIV align=left><B>that is, the search for a superior moral justification for
selfishness." and </B>"People of privilege will always risk their complete
destruction rather than surrender any material part of their
advantage."</FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=050163919-30042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Jan
Tucker</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Indigenous Languages and
Technology [mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Richard
Smith<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 30, 2006 3:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> [ILAT] anthropology with no
apology<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR><BR><BR>Kweh omateru,<BR>(greetings
friends.)<BR>thanks for all these resources<BR>this is a language egroup
with very great leads and info!<BR>but culture and language are really
inseperatable so anthropology will wade in<BR>and sometimes set its OWN
standards. As tribal members we need to be careful.<BR>Sometimes all this
“professional intelligence” creates its own language, laws and
bi-laws.<BR><BR>Years ago visiting Chaco Canyon one weekend I was curious
about the pottery found in the area.The<BR> resource person I asked
stated no one was certain if pottery was actually made in the canyon
.<BR>Later that day, I scooped out a handful of clay out of a park rangers
muddy tire track,<BR>sat on a boulder and made a pot...since its what I do
anyway.Camping that evening I burnished it with <BR>a socket from my socket
wrench set,and by morning it was dry ...hey, great clay!<BR>I went to the
visitors center and looked for someone to talk to. <BR>I set it on the desk
...and for the next hour I was interogated with suspicion and rudeness.<BR>I
had hoped to converse with an archaeologist, but he would not even show his
face. <BR>He only would send instructions to the desk as to what to do with
this “situation”.<BR>Finally, I was told I would NOT be prosecuted if I
returned to the place where I picked out the mud <BR>and place the little
pot where it could erode back into the soil.<BR>I am a very patient
person,even my wife will tell you! But I was burning up.<BR>So...i realized
something that day<BR>Anthropology/Archeaology can create a culture of its
own. <BR>It can set itself up to be only correct view to observe and learn
and to even to teach.<BR>even set up its own ”police force” to deal with
nonconformists<BR><BR>I’m not against anthropology(some of my best friends
are anthropologists! seriously!) <BR>But as a science it tends to set up its
own grids from which to pass OUR cultures through.<BR>Anthropology itself,
as an alien science needs to be studied...evaluated...by native
peoples<BR>“what makes an anthropologist” might make a good study ..turn the
tables a little. <BR>what makes outsiders come study us?<BR>NOW, that would
make an interesting thesis!<BR><BR>Oh ,I know,no need to remind me,<BR>I
know why Chaco Canyon must be strict,its obvious,because of all the tourists
coming through.<BR>”if everyone came and took a piece of mud out of the tire
track...” yeah...yeah... <BR><BR>this is not meant to stir up
arguments or justifications,<BR>paint one people good and another bad<BR>no
, I just want to share a little <BR>from experiance and cautions
gained<BR>richard<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>I
want to share something that happened to me that makes me worry
sometimes<BR></SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT
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