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[Tryg Helseth]

Harry:

>I don't think Gladstone is allowed to use Li'l Hiawatha. He's an Injun, you
>know.

Don't I know it!  I live in the heart of Injun country.  The name of our 
state was derived from the Dakota tribes who inhabited the plains here.  
(Minnesota literally means "we waited for you all day in the rain")

The American Indian Movement celebrated its 25th anniversary last year 
and is very strong here.  In the 1970's a local radio station was 
rebroadcasting the Lone Ranger series.  The local AIM got it removed on the 
grounds that Tonto spoke broken English and that was demaning to 
Indians.  That was 20 years ago--long before the political correctness 
movement had swept the US--so I'm sure that reprinting Lil Hiawatha today 
would be out of the question.

Tryg Helseth  <trygve at maroon.tc.umn.edu>   Minneapolis, MN, USA
          or  <tryg.helseth at tstation.mn.org>

"I wish they all could be Calisota Ducks!" -The Beach Drakes