Letters to the Editor: February 21, 2008

Dear Editor,
I visited the Smoking River Pow Wow’s Web site [www.smokingriverpowwow.com] yesterday. The executive summary (the part where they say what they are doing) under the organizational information link reads worse than some 19th century missionary’s letter home:
“Tribal culture and history are deeply tied to these sacred places; yet sadly, native visits to the White River Valley’s sites are constrained by the area’s tragic history and the psychological barrier that history imposes. Smoking…