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To: SiouxPal who wrote (181566)	12/2/2009 11:39:33 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 361973

He's what the Native Americans called a "contrary". To: Maurice Winn who wrote (24754) 5/29/2009 11:28:37 PM From: Wharf Rat Read Replies (2) of 26199 Not even close, which is why you are a clown, a Contrary, washing yerself in the dirt and drying yerself in the creek. Every tribe needs somebody to sit on the TV and watch the sofa. A Contrary was a member of a Native American tribal group in North America who adopted behavior that was deliberately the opposite of other tribal members. Contraries were often found in tribes of the Great Plains and the Southwest. In the Southwest, this person came to be seen as a clown during ceremonial occasions. On the plains, this disparate behavior amounted to a cult in its own right. [edit] Behavior of the contrary Typically, the contrary would order his speech so that he would say the opposite of what he meant. He might also indulge in a physical display, riding his horse facing the tail, to display his unusual behavior. When they came to a stream, they would take off one moccasin, and then hold up the bare leg as they hopped through the water.