The Early Years: Woodland Indians? Or Elves?
Posted by jamesviscosi on August 23, 2009
This week, I reached into the pile of ancient schoolwork (generously supplied by my parents) and found this little article about the “Woodland Indians” of central New York:
No doubt this is due to my decades-long immersion in “The Lord of the Rings” and similar material, but when I read this, I don’t picture Native Americans; I picture elves. But if elves lived in the woodlands of the Central New York region of “Amarica”, I never saw them. Perhaps I wasn’t looking in the right spot.
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3dfoto said
This week our local Indians (the Oneidas) are “Tiger Wood-land Indians”. He’s playing today on one of the golf courses near their casino complex.
Alyson said
Perhaps ‘Amarican’ Indians ARE elves? Amarica actually makes me tink of the Asterix series, do you know it? Asterix always seemed like a woodland elf to me.
almostgotit said
Oh dear, now this is all so politically incorrect I can’t even READ any more, la la la! (fingers in my ears)
Dennis the Vizsla said
Isn’t it though? “Oh look at the woodland Indians, they’re so cute!”
Tooty Nolan said
I think that you’re so fortunate to still have your work from childhood. Mine didn’t even survive childhood. I have memories of course – but they’re notoriously unreliable.
canyon cottage said
Where is here? LOL!! Yes they sort of sound like endearing little things.
Sunny,Scooter&Jamie,the biped said
politically incorrect,schmitically incorrect. blah,blah. It gets tiresome to me. You can’t say NUTHIN anymore…..just my rant. Unless something is totally really offensive like the N word(which surprisingly SOME people can use-which is ridiculous to me-), I can’t keep up with what name is correct-”politically”-for lots of folks….bah
Now when I become dictator things will be different! LMAO
Now then that’s my opinion which will buy you absolutely nada, zilch,zip!
Sunny,Scooter&Jamie,the biped said
test 123- after my rant did it get et?????
Jamie (Meade) Pope said
Jim,
I hope Mrs. Burch(7th grade SS) saw these…..You’ve done a wonderful thing with the gift you’ve ben given. WRITE ON!