What I didn’t know last year, when I posted about it, was that she would lie buried in an unmarked grave, as a sign of equality with her people. I find that very affecting…. economical, too.
Also, I didn’t know that a large chunk of Maoridom thought she was not their queen, and that she was a bit of a glory hound. Whenever we borrow from another culture, the questions start. What is it to be Pakeha? What is it to be Maori? If she was really a hereditary chief, why was she called a queen?
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the Internet. And family history.
Did you know that you can study virtually anything through the MIT online programs? Check it out!
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
My plan is to register for the Anthropology 100 level course on magic and witchcraft – as soon as I catch up with data entry for me family data base, and finish some of the books I have in process.
Heavy sigh. This may mean never.