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Hello
I just wanted to write and
let you know my heart goes out to everyone there and affected
by the shooting. We too have suffered a great loss back when
columbine happened. I would hope it would never have happened again but
I was wrong. I am here for anyone that needs to talk or wants to write
please feel free to let them know they are all being thought of each
moment of each day.. and yes pain does go away but it takes a long time
Colleen Welch
Dear Clara,
Sending unsollicited mail
to an unknown person is not my style. And I normally keep
the emotions caused by world news items to myself. Feel free
to hit the "delete" key now if you think I should have stuck to
that practice.
The Red Lake drama was an
item on the Dutch TV morning news. Then there was this intuition
of a context such as you refer to in your Reflections of
1999-10-17:
"Many people at Red Lake and elsewhere
remain trapped by the identities, values and definitions imposed on
them by Euroamerican colonizers:..".
My
intuition may be all wrong. I hope it is, in fact.
The gratitude for my
exposure to bits of native american knowledge is, I suppose, what
this time urges me to express my sympathy with those affected by the
violence.
I hope that doesn't
seem wrong to anyone.
Through Google and then
reading RLNN and related sites, I
came to Maquah, and felt you might
understand this note of sympathy as it is meant.
And extend it to your
relations.
Jos van Beek, Zeist,
Holland
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