Little People

Koontz John E John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Tue Jul 16 15:56:49 UTC 2002


On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Michael Mccafferty wrote:
> I don't know if this is a thread, John, but the Christianized Chiracahua
> Apache children I used to teach in New Mexico referred to arrowheads
> as coming from the devil's workshop, as evil things. I was amazed.

I wonder if this is a piece with the northern Plains conception that
arrowheads were created by Trickster?  I think conflict between groups is
considered to be one of his presents, too.

JEK



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