> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Zen [mailto:canoeist_at_netbox.com] Snip > the greenlandic people [is eskimo just alaskan, or is it non-PC?] have developed rolls on both sides > because they know well that doo-doo does indeed happen. I think that "eskimo" is a generic term for native tribes that traditionally occupied arctic areas. Here in Alaska most of the tribal members prefer to be referred to (at least as far as I can tell) by their tribal name (ie. Inuit, Upik, Tlingit, Tsimshian, etc) rather than as either Indian or Eskimo. Each of these tribal designations seem to break down even further into further tribal and clan delineations, but at least the Tlingit folks that I know don't really hold us "white guys" responsible for knowing this stuff. Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jun 23 1999 - 14:59:14 PDT
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