Unlocking the secret sounds of language

[Richard Smith]

Great points David,
Well appreciated too...
Yes its easy to "stereotype"
Even easier
In writings meant to create a mood of light and shadow
And perhaps I even forget these are mere caricatures myself!
There are GREAT exceptional anthropologists working today
Naahw, I checked...theres no David Lewis
In my odd anths specimen case

richard



On 5/11/06 7:40 AM, "David Gene Lewis" <coyotez at UOREGON.EDU> wrote:

> Hi Richard, 
> I am enjoying your prose and perspectives. I understand your feeling
> about anthropologists and their ilk. However please be aware that many
> people, such as myself, are trained anthropologists, linguists, and
> now part of the ilk. And even so we still work locally, within our
> tribal context, as well as in the surrounding American context. There
> is really a sea change in the way anthropologists are doing their
> work. It is a generational thing. Each new generation appears to be
> more aware that native people exist as rational, thinking and feeling
> humans. And so while I understand the "native" perspectives on the
> "anthropologists", and truly validate those feeling in my writing, and
> teaching,  In my mind I can no longer generalize about "them" all.
> 
>  As many times, "They" are "Us".
> 
> Thanks again Richard,
> David Lewis
> Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
> University of Oregon