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From: "Roger" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Re: Melungeon-D Digest V01 #103
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 02:29:06 -0500
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That rivals some of my tales of WV.

Roger

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Subject: [Melungeon] Re: Melungeon-D Digest V01 #103


> Tabitha,was piute a hallucinogenic? Was it made of some sort of grass or
> leaf? Is it still used for ceremonies?
> I will tell you a cutie if you won't get angy. I still think that it was
> funny. My daughter was having a baby and the father and I were both in the
> labor room. Erin smoked through her pregnancy (Not my fault, I told her
not
> to) but as the pains were getting esculated,after several hours, she
wanted a
> cigarette BAD. (When my Erin is in labor and wants something, she better
get
> it, she asked her husband for something with the first baby, he didn't
move
> fast enough, she had a contraction while holding his hand and broke his
> finger). Anyway, I told her that I had an idea,jsut go along with
whatever I
> said. I had a jacket that I had brought with me. It had sort of an Indian
> design on it. When a nurse came in to check her I picked it up and looked
> over and asked Erin if we should start the ceremony yet. There was a name
> for the ceremony, it is a legitimate one, but I had just read about it,
but I
> am sleepy now and can't remember it. Will try to recall tomorrow. Anyway
> the nurse asked me what it was. I said that we were Hopi Indians and it
was
> a rite that we had to do according to our religion, and it had to be
> done."Erin has to smoke the sacred tobacco(Imade this up). But you can't
do
> that here, we are a no smoking premises, she said. Are you denying her a
> religious freedom ? Well, I guess I had better call someone else, she
said.
> I told her "whatever it takes."
> Shortly there after she came with security. I had to "explain" our
> "rite"to him. Well,he says,just what do you smoke ? I thought very quick
> and answered back, well on the reservation we use piute,but away from it
any
> tobacco will do. He just kind of stared at me for a moment, shook his
head
> and said,"well,I guess we could get a wheel chair and you guys and the
nurse
> could go outside while you do "By the time all this had transpire my
daughter
> was in very hard labor and was not interested in a cigarette at all. But
> after the little guy was born, they brought some sort of papers in the
room,
> and Erin read them..In the space for religion, they had written,"Hopi
> Indian". Does this mean that I am a good actress and learned from that
> book,or that they were pretty niave?
> Please don't take any offense. It was not meant in any and it was not
done
> in disrespect to the Indian, but it was the only thing that I could think
of
> doing, and the funny thing is, it would have worked! They believed every
> word, down to my ceremonial robe!
> Judy.
>
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