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Date Posted: Thu, 09/25/03 3:03am
Author: Ylva
Subject: Re: Speaking of weather - "Indian summer"...?
In reply to: john mohdom 's message, "Re: Speaking of weather - "Indian summer"...?" on Wed, 09/24/03 7:20pm

>that's an explanation I never would have guessed
>(especially since not all face paintings were colorful
>and I wouldn't be surprised to find some didn't paint
>at all).
>

I assumed you might say something like that, 'cause to me this idea (colorful leaves of Indian summer vs. facepaintings) is a positive stereotype some people in Europe have about Northamerica's indigenous peoples.

>yes, a positive stereotype is no more constructive
>than a negative one. I just think the positive ones
>are easier to take.
>

I see. Different peoples in Europe have stereotypes about eachother. Do you think this excists among Indian peoples too? At least I think I've learned to notice this when listening to people at Indianz.com (and others, those far up north I spent a little time with face to face last summer); my impression is Dineh persons speak up loudly and are very straight, then sometimes there's a gentle but firm whisper from somewhere in Canada. Ofcourse that's generalizing, but anyway. Sometimes I do think the climate has some influence on peoples mentality. What do you think?

>about a week ago it turned into fall days in the mid
>sixties and nights in the low fourties...I am NOT
>ready for winter 80)

Me neither. First I'd like to experience some beautiful autumn days. Yesterday I felt a severity in the air for the first time this year, so it is getting colder even during the day. At this very moment when writing this, it's a quarter to nine Ylva time and the temperature is 10°C/50°F. The sky is clear and blue, so I bet we have that severity in the air today also. It's something about it, a certain type of freshness.

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