Re: Ship Naming Convention (was: RE: What, no messages?)

>Allan spake thusly upon matters weighty:
>> >-Medium cruiser - Native American tribes, other Seneca, Chippewa,
>> >-Cherokee,Sioux, Manetaree, Aztec, Mongol, Zulu, etc)
>> >Course, the NAC corvette/lancers are already Native American; have
to look
>> >again whether there are other FT conventions you're skirting...
>>
>> Uh, I didn't think the Mongols or the Zulus were American tribes...
>>
>> Don't forget the tribes that are Canadian or on the border such as:
Haida,
>> Ojibway, Huron, Iroquois, Mohawk, Oneida, etc., etc.
>
>And of course Blackfoot, Blackfeet, MicMac, Inuit, and many others.
>This is an incredibly rich naming tradition. The world has so many
>aboriginal peoples, and so many having true "warrior" traditions, one
>shouldn't run out of names anytime soon. And it is fitting that the
>future or human space voyaging honours these diverse groups.

some more native nations: Salish, Cree, Comanche, Nez Perce (actually
a Spanish term), Tlingit, Nitnat, Huy'a'aht, Seminoles, Nootka and so
many others.

Interesting bit of trivia: Estimated human population of N.A. before
arrival of Europeans - 250 million.

Scalping was actually started by Europeans as a means to collect
"rewards" for the killing of natives. Hollywood switched it all
around making it out to be a native tradition.

Area of the continental US designated "Indian Territory" and officially
closed to non-natives: Everything west of the Mississippi.

Amount of Indian Territory officially ceded by natives via treaty
following US laws governing such treaties: 0%.

Number of rounds fired by >400 RCMP officers during standoff at
Gustaffsen Lake (1994) in defence of rancher Lyle James' land: +20000

Distance from native sundance grounds to Lyle James' land: +7 miles.

"Smear campaigns are our specialty"- RCMP Sgt. Peter Montague on an
RCMP training video.

RCMP press liason officer at Gustaffsen Lake: Sgt. Peter Montague.

sorry for going off topic folks...

>Two more cents,
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