11.27.2005

thoughts on Thanksgiving


thoughts on Thanksgiving
Originally uploaded by weddlen.
"Our Way of Giving" by Chief Maquinna

"Once when I was in Victoria, I saw a very large house. They told me it was a bank, and that the white men place their money there to be taken care of, and that by and by they got it back, with interest. We are Indians, and we have no such bank; but when we have plenty of money or blankets, we give them away to other chiefs and people, and by and by they return them, and our hearts feel good. Our way of giving is our bank."

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( I really suggest that you do... it's really good! )

nW

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