Cephalic index ratio of northern ca native americans?

Question

I have been led to understand that northern california Wintun indians of penutian stock have the largest cephalic indexes on earth. I was raised here in the sacramento valley, and some of my friends I grew up with have extremely large heads. I might add that they have very very able intelligence to go with those heads. I am a writer, and a very curious person, and I have been unable to attain any verification of this subject. Can anyone help me? modoc1234

Answer 1

If you are trying to say that head size relates to intelligence that is racism. There is no proof to support this. It is scientific racism. You should see what kind of oppression was forced onto people using this type of science, look into it.

I am a Native woman. I am happy you are not trying to demean Natives. But romanticizing is still racism. Also this is just plain bad science.

http://www.pbs.org/fmc/lessons/pdf/lesson3handout1.pdf
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n9_v25/ai_16427929
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/lab/1366/racism.html
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/99/23/14636?ijkey=f2baf46f607120589cc960fa98a46c30bc6d8043&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/dec94herman.htm
http://www.jstor.org/view/10773711/di020315/02p0023t/0
http://home.austarnet.com.au/stear/cg_science_of_racism.htm

Answer 2

I know nothing of this subject. I apologize. But I would like to become a writer. Could you please email me? Could we chat about it? Thanks.