A little 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 - Bill, Tex or Sam, for example?"" 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 s…