>From: "J. R. Shute" <jrshute_at_bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Native Americans and Darters!
>Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:55:16 -0500
>
>They were certainly aware of them as a food source! I know people that work
>in Anthropology that have told me they've found all kinds of darter bones
>in
>archaeological middens. Perhaps they groked their goodness before consuming
>them.
>
>J.R.
>Stranger in a Strange Land
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Robert Carillio" <darterman_at_hotmail.com>
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:44 AM
>Subject: RE: NANFA-- Native Americans and Darters!
>
>
> > Yes Jay, that makes sense, but is there anyway of knowing IF they were
>well
> > aware of Darters???.. What Mark said seemed to suggest that maybe they
> > did.... I just wonder how we can find this out???...
> >
> >
> > >From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
> > >Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > >To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> > >Subject: RE: NANFA-- Native Americans and Darters!
> > >Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 23:00:08 -0800
> > >
> > > > Native Americans, as most of us know, seemed to have had such a
> > > > spiritual
> > > > connection with the land that sustained them. They spent a lot of
> > > > time near
> > > > rivers and streams. Their clothing was inspired so much by the
>natural
> > > > world surrounding them, and in my opinion, some of the clothing
> > > > even seems
> > > > to remind me of the interesting colors and patterns of which
> > > > many Darters
> > > > boast on their bodies. Is it possible their is some
>connection???.....
> > >
> > >I'd say there probably wasn't any connection unless you're thinking of
> > >something specific. If darters had such an impact on their dress don't
>you
> > >think we'd have seen more evidence of darters in their customs and
> > >religions? (And colorful birds would have been around that water, too,
>and
> > >more visible.) :-)
> > >
> > >--
> > >Jay DeLong
> > >Olympia, WA
> >
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