MEEKER | These introductions start immediately when newcomers are given the occasion to meet old timers. Often times they aren’t spoken aloud, they are implied. I don’t think it is meant to be a way of exclusion, but a way of educating the unwary about the importance of western traditions in these regions.
I am not sure why the terms “far west” or “up north” are not heard as often, as I have met so…
