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- From: idoy@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Mike Wilson)
- Subject: Re: Proposed 2nd RFD: soc.culture.native
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- Date: 12 Jan 93 01:12:30 GMT
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- speights@iear.arts.rpi.edu (Arlen Speights) writes:
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- >fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer) writes:
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- >>Mike> CHARTER: soc.culture.native is for the discussion of issues ...
-
- >>I'm still confused. Who is included in "native populations throughout
- >>the world"? Does this include white, germanic people in nothern
- >>Europe? Is this the place to discuss the effects of the events in the
- >>years 200-600 on the peoples of Europe, the nationalities, cultures,
- >>religions, and languages?
-
- >I think that there should be a sentence or two in the charter itself
- >that explains the problems of nomenclature we've been discussing and
- >what "native" means in the context of the group. It seems that "native"
- >is the easiest word for the naming of the group, but the charter should
- >make it as clear as possible that surviving indigenous cultures of
- >the world are the main subject of discussion; it should in fact cover
- >all of the names we've been throwing around, like "aboriginal" and
- >"first nation," etc. What do you think?
-
- >Arlen
-
-
- Hello Arlen,
-
- Good to hear from you again. I am taking your point to heart in
- the revision of this proposed charter. Look for it in the next
- couple of days, and let me know whether I've sufficiently clarified
- the problem of defining the groups of people under discussion.
-
- Thanks,
-
- Mike
-
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- Michael Wilson
- idoy@crux1.cit.cornell.edu
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