Original Wisdom

	posted by Matt on 07:15 PM January 21st, 2005
	A lot to think about from this essay. An excerpt: James Bricknell, who was captured by the Delaware in the early 1800s and lived among them for several years before returning to his family, wrote in 1842: "The Delawares are the best people to train up children I ever was with… Their leisure hours are, in a great measure, spent in training up their children to observe what they believe to be right… They certainly follow what they are taught to believe right more closely, and I might say more honestly, in general, than we Christians… I know I am influenced to good, even at this day, more from what I learned among them, than what I learned among people of my own color."

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Yeah. Something we are trying to preserve. (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 03:29 PM January 23rd, 2005 EST (#1) Alot of Indian tribes, includeing mine (Cherokee) are still trying to teach our kids in the old ways. It's hard to do because we have alot of compitition from the dominant culture, like TV. and video games and stuff. The anti-male message is unfortunately getting through in our cultures too. Our kids see it on TV and in movies all the time. It is hitting our boys particularly hard and polluting the girls attitudes of males in general. Of course there won't be any news stories conserning that, in the media.....,   Thundercloud.   "HOka hey!"

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