i am new to this forum and i thank them or him/her that accepted my application to get into this forum....as far as "Indian" or any other derivitive associated to the english language refering to the dia or indian act , i dont recognize at this time in my life...now that i know who i am " in chuckin skalixt enquess quilicunm"....again english will never have the same force and affect as my actual dialect but anyways what i said is i am of this land and my name is porcupine.....that is what tupa once told me....so i heard of these plasic shaman amonst other so called traditionalists out there throu a friend and this site came up , and i found it very intresting ...i dont spend much time on the net but when i do i like seeing how others see life compared to I.....also the more i see how all brothers and sisters view life now a days i can compare to how i was told our forefathers seen life by my tupa and the elders of old....and right now because i am a extreme activist as i fight the colonial system i would like to see if i can compare notes to what others remember of the past , both false and truth.....