--- Mark Labbee <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: >Interesting story on CBS this morning about this man in Arizona who takes a >pack of mules 3000 feet down a steep canyon trail to deliver mail and >supplies to the Indian living there. He has been doing it for 21 years. I >found it interesting that they kept joking about the french fries being U.S. >mail. No big surprise that when they showed the Indians, 3/4 of them >appeared to be at least 50lbs overweight. It was mentioned that they depend >on these supplies for survival. It was also mentioned that they live in this >oasis (there is a beautiful blue-green stream or spring nearby) for 1000 >years. How did they ever survive all those years without the frozen french fries? Dams above and below the canyon have turned it into a dead zone. Michae _____________________________________________________________ Get Your Free Email at www.NativeWeb.net, Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World