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| Fifth Column |
| Another Ward Churchill? |
| 2006-06-21 |
| The slight figure in neon orange moccasins beats a hide drum cradled in his arms. His voice soars in the cavernous auditorium as he spins the tale of Dashkayah, a huge, hairy creature who hunts and devours children in the night. Only when the cannibal's young victims face their fears will they escape her clutches. "Ana kush iwasha: This is the way it was," says Terry Tafoya, known across the U.S. and Canada as a pre-eminent American Indian psychologist from Seattle. Monsters don't steal our kids today, he tells the crowd. Addictions do, the streets do. And storytelling helps reclaim them. "A story becomes a script for how to live your life," Tafoya tells the school counselors, nurses and social workers at a state-sponsored event April 20. The earnest crowd is captivated by the 54-year-old raconteur, introduced as "Dr. Tafoya," a man whose graying temples and reading glasses contrast with his waist-length, crow-black braids. What no one suspects is that Tafoya has scripted his own life, embellishing his academic credentials and past. The storyteller has worked his magic, turning nuggets of truth into pots of gold... (more at link) |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #3 Fake but accurate. |
| Posted by: gromky 2006-06-21 13:08 |
| #2 Social Snake oil |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-06-21 12:06 |
| #1 It's the multiculturalists who enable charletans like this guy: His cultural heritage rather than who he actually is. |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-06-21 10:23 |