> especially first born males are breastfed until they are >twelve. This reference is probably to some Native American groups in Alaska who were hunters and gatherers traditionally -- a boy going out for the first time with the men to hunt, usually around age 12, would get a mouthful of breast milk from his mother to "protect" him on the dangerous hunt. But he wouldn't have been nursed up to this point -- he would have nursed for 3-4-5 years, then not nursed again until he was going out on his first hunt. Presumbably the mom still had milk because she was nursing his younger siblings. Kathy Dettwyler *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html