June 15, 2012 · Field note

GIFTS OF THE INDIANS

Whenever I leave a Reservation of the Indians, I think of the graciousness of them, their eagerness to be friendly and their desire to give you gifts: not only material gifts including handicrafts but also human gifts: kindness, friendliness, eagerness to share the knowledge they have.. I have just spent a lovely week

GIFTS OF THE INDIANS
Originally from The Physician Anthropologist archive
Whenever  I leave a Reservation of the Indians, I think of the graciousness of them, their eagerness to be friendly and their desire to give you gifts: not only material gifts including handicrafts but also human gifts: kindness, friendliness, eagerness to share the knowledge they have..

I have just spent a lovely week at the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota Indian reservation.

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