tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8920194321333950354..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Alberta tribe doesn't want totem poleRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-27532499550016420822011-08-01T05:28:06.798-07:002011-08-01T05:28:06.798-07:00For more on the subject, see Jasper Totem Pole Sho...For more on the subject, see <a href="http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2011/07/jasper-totem-pole-should-go.html" rel="nofollow">Jasper Totem Pole Should Go</a>.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-71506459517496714682011-07-20T16:35:34.889-07:002011-07-20T16:35:34.889-07:00Which has nothing to do with the definition of ana...Which has nothing to do with the definition of anarchy.<br /><br />I've read much on the Sioux, and don't recall anything like what this possible "wannabe" describes.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-59787321961592599432011-07-19T13:58:21.922-07:002011-07-19T13:58:21.922-07:00Anarchy in this case means simply that the Sioux f...Anarchy in this case means simply that the Sioux for instance had a rule that one man couldn't tell another what to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-29187370332687811062011-07-18T19:58:25.608-07:002011-07-18T19:58:25.608-07:00I'm a card-carrying, costume wearing wannabe a...I'm a card-carrying, costume wearing wannabe and I even I know this "plains cultures = anarchy" line is complete and total bullshit.<br /><br />That one's not even supported by 50s Hollywood. Even the worst movies had at least had "Me Big Chief" in charge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-81395093113378855682011-07-17T13:05:56.815-07:002011-07-17T13:05:56.815-07:00When did the Plains tribes lack government, or whi...When did the Plains tribes lack government, or which ones did? I know that the Sioux tribes has government for ages.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-58893248602000156592011-07-17T10:35:41.288-07:002011-07-17T10:35:41.288-07:00I don't think totem poles are excluded from th...I don't think totem poles are excluded from the US stereotype either.<br /><br />Plains culture is popular for other reasons. For starters, to call plains cultures anarchy would be an understatement. No other people have so devoted themselves to anarchist ideology. Secondly, there are physiognomic reasons. Plains Indians are, as a rule, taller, for starters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-85263111169792176132011-07-17T09:49:52.159-07:002011-07-17T09:49:52.159-07:00I've noticed profusion of totem poles, most cu...I've noticed profusion of totem poles, most custom made as lawn ornemants, found in front of houses mostly in rural areas in Michigan. I am assuming that none of the people putting them up are Natives, and certainly not from the Pacific Northwest.<br /><br />A Google search on <br /><b>totem poles for your yard</b> produces many vendors, including <a href="http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/store/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=prodshow&ref=11_1607" rel="nofollow">this one</a>. None of them appear to be Natives.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com