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Too many chiefs and not enough Indians. Prov. Too many people want to be the leader, and not enough people are willing to follow to do the detail work. Everyone on that committee wants to be in charge. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians. We'll never finish this project if everyone keeps trying to give orders. There are too many chiefs and not enough Indians. an Indian summer 1. a period of warm weather which sometimes happens in early autumn Both the UK and Ireland have been enjoying an Indian summer over the past few weeks. 2. a successful or pleasant period in someone's life, especially towards the end of their life The book describes the last 20 years of Churchill's life, including his Indian summer as prime minister between 1951 and 1955. See also: summer How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It definitely needs a more persuasive framing; the editors, while they make several programmatic kinds of statements about claims to Indian culture and Indianness, fail to locate these claims (or arguments against them) in terms of their politics. At the close of the narrative, although the mascot remains in place, its future is less than certain: Evan and his friends silently protest the use of Indianness at a graduation celebration, receiving noteworthy support from those in attendance. The children may well perceive them simply as Daddy's personality, not Daddy's Indianness. |
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