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From: kilian@pbsvax.DEC (Michael Kilian/DTN: 225-6017/MS: HLO2-3/M08)
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Subject: !Kung...
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Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 09:25:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 26 09:25:43 1985
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    Weren't the !Kung restricted to a specific region in Africa by the
government with the expectation that they would begin farming instead of
hunting and gathering? As I heard it, the !Kung came down with a bad case
of social shock and have suffered badly. Their entire social structure has
been upset right down to the psychology of the tribesmen (case in point,
they now laugh when most people would think crying would be the appropriate
behavior).

    They are fast becoming extinct.

    To top it all off, the land they were moved to isn't satisfactory farming
soil.

    Did the documentary address any of these points?

                                                    -- Mike Kilian