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EXPEDITIONS Flag Reports   FLAG 61 Gonshan-Yunnan Trek to a Mountain Nu Village July 15—October 1, 2005 Peter J. Foley, EdD MN'03 Expedition Members: Peter J. Foley, EdD—Researcher Ya Mei—Guide Introduction How do the Nu people make their poison arrows? And without a written language, what is the meaning of the sticks that the Nu cut notches in with their knives to mark significant events? There is scant literature in English about the Nu people, but the mention of their poison arrows and their odd way of recording events made me curious. When I read more of the few tracts on the Nu I could find in English, I found out that the Nu had one of the smallest populations among the minority peoples of China—only 27,000 Nu remained. I also read that almost the entire Nu population live in the mountains along the Nu River, mountains that are so steep they appear to defy climbing. When the water rushes down from the top of the mountains, it falls with such force and speed that it makes the Nu river swirl and toss as if it was constantly boiling. The Chinese character Nu means furious, wild, angry. It is the character used for both the river and the Nu people. It fits a description of the river, not the people. FULL REPORT in pdf RETURN TO LIST

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