Hijack Magnet Thread!!!

[JMohegan]

Thank you for the link and the information Mr Mohegan, I really appreciate it and intend on reading it again a little later in my evening. I do have to wonder if I am missing something however. Did something go over my head, it did , didn't it : smileslaughsighs :

Is this a polite way of asking: Why the heck did you post all that information?

I did so because multiple people on that thread (including me) had expressed ignorance as to the function or definition of Tribal Elders. I looked it up, and thought it was not only interesting in conjunction with what you had written about Australian Elders, but also worth posting to put the subject of the thread in context.

As an aside, you may find this map interesting. In a nation of roughly 300 million people, American Indians and Alaskan natives make up slightly less than one percent of the population. However, the distribution is such that many portions of the U.S. (including heavily populated areas of the east coast) have little or no interaction with American Indians at all. I don't know if that will alleviate your surprise at our ignorance regarding the function of Elders or not, but there you have it.

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

Is this a polite way of asking: Why the heck did you post all that information?

Yesssssssss, that covers it nicely. I was like so pleased to have the information but astounded as to what I might be missing : laughs : Oh phew I'm not losing it huh.

I did so because multiple people on that thread (including me) had expressed ignorance as to the function or definition of Tribal Elders. I looked it up, and thought it was not only interesting in conjunction with what you had written about Australian Elders, but also worth posting to put the subject of the thread in context.

As an aside, you may find this map interesting. In a nation of roughly 300 million people, American Indians and Alaskan natives make up slightly less than one percent of the population. However, the distribution is such that many portions of the U.S. (including heavily populated areas of the east coast) have little or no interaction with American Indians at all. I don't know if that will alleviate your surprise at our ignorance regarding the function of Elders or not, but there you have it.

I was surprised, though honestly I wasn't loading any personal negativity on top of it. I suspected for me, my knowledge reflects the ongoing reconciliation with our indigenous people which is a priority here. There is a strong emphasis on respecting Aboriginal culture, this has not always been the case.

I'm off to look at the map now apparently.

 

[JMohegan]

I was surprised, though honestly I wasn't loading any personal negativity on top of it. I suspected for me, my knowledge reflects the ongoing reconciliation with our indigenous people which is a priority here. There is a strong emphasis on respecting Aboriginal culture, this has not always been the case.

There is a strong emphasis on multi-cultural awareness in many parts of the U.S.

However, in this country there are many minority cultures of which to be aware, and the ones that get the most attention are far more sizable than the <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native group.

Hispanics - 12.5% of the U.S. population in 2000.

African Americans - 12.1%

Asian Americans -3.6%

Those are the three largest minority groups, though the groupings are a bit misleading due to bunching together of cultures by region of origin (e.g., Chinese lumped in with Fillipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc.)

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

The Map link won't load here for some reason. Actually none of the additional links will load for me either.

 

[JMohegan]

The Map link won't load here for some reason. Actually none of the additional links will load for me either.

Not sure why it won't load, but below is the image from the 1st link. The subsequent links just show the distributions for the other groups.

http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa78/johnmohegan/map.gif

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

Thank you

 

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[@}-}rebecca----]

Wow, I ain't even there!

I know, it's like an official Lit miracle. Ohh wonder if that makes you Saint ?

Saint Fung , I like it

 

[@}-}rebecca----]

What makes a fake dominant ?

I was bad, very very bad, thank Heaven's for the edit feature