Re: Mitakuye oyasin

Lyn Dearborn (lyn@anchor.engr.sgi.com)
Sat, 10 Sep 1994 17:52:36 -0700


Kim was obviously offended by the PBS/Signals catalog selling the
"We are all related" t-Shirts:

>mail is backed up for miles (it seems). I just got the latest issue
>(Fall 1994) of Signals catalog (the public television people) and
>it advertises "We are all related" shirts. The text follows:
etc., etc.,

>I am just wondering what they'll feature in the next issue -- a
>sweatlodge build-it-yourself kit?

what is Kim's complaint? You can purchase this T-Shirt at almost any
PowWow? I can't help but wonder what her REAL complaint is. You can hardly
compare a sentiment expressed by MANY PEOPLES of this earth, with selling
anything dealing with sweatlodges .... not to mention that PBS/Signals
isn't into tearing apart anyones sacred objects. There is nothing sacred
about this phrase; its something we all need to become more aware of.
I'm as far from being Lakota as you can get, and I would have no objection
to being seen in this T-shift ... except I prefer my own tribes things.

So what is the basis of this complaint? Bottom line? Perhaps she should do
some soul searching .... DEEP soul searching.

Niin sa,

lyn

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