A little American Indian boy asked his father, the big chief and witch
doctor of the tribe, "Papa, why is it that we always have long names,
while the white men have shorter names like Bill , Tex or Sam?"
His father replied, "Look, son, our names represent a symbol, a sign,
or a poem for our culture not like the white men, who live all
together and repeat their names from generation to generation. Also,
it is part of our makeup that in spite of everything, we survive. For
example, your sister's name is Small Romantic Moon Over The Lake,
because on the night she was born, there was