Greetings!
Funny how the Coyote & Clown author--allegedly "Cherokee"--seems to have entirely overlooked some intriguing aspects of Cherokee--and other Indian tribes' customs.
The Cherokee practiced roasting and eating the hearts of slain enemy warriors!
Or, how about the common practice amongst many Indian tribes of performing genocide against enemy tribes? All the men would be hunted down and killed--while the women were taken captive as slaves and concubines. And afterwards constantly plundered and mated with. Yes, the new children they bred would go into being members of the new tribe, and the old tribal lineage would soon be forgotten.
Many customs of savage torture. Oh, and not always practiced by the Indian men, either. Indian women were often quite eager to engage in torture parties of captured enemies--whether such captives were male or female.
Slavery, torture, genocide, cannibalism, murder, rape, and ruthless, brutal conquest.
Native Indian tribes embraced and celebrated all of these things, from Alaska down to Argentina, and everywhere in between, by all tribes in general. The Indian tribes practiced, embraced, and celebrated these things before ever meeting a single white man.
The Native Indians didn't need the "White Man" to teach them about these things.
The Native Indians were already very well acquainted with such customs.
I really get tired of people that want to white-wash and sanitize Indians as some kind of uber, peaceful fucking hippies.
Fucking Coyote & Clown!
Semper Fidelis,
SHARK