Sounds interesting, Bob. I will try to track it down. I would also
recommend: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles
Mann.
Charlie
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You might enjoy The Primal Mind, Vision and Reality in Indian America, by
> Jamake Highwater. Harper & Row, ISBN 0-06-014866-7.
>
> A mind-altering discussion of what the dominant Euro-culture turned its
> back on, and to a large degree continues to ignore.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:15 AM, SwissPace <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Moose,
> >
> > I read it and then the original transcript - which I found more
> emotional,
> > I feel its a shame that we didn't adopt the indiginous ways of the world
> > who seemed to respect nature and others more and wonder if we have ended
> up
> > happier - it makes for sad reading now and as you say should be instilled
> > in all people everywhere. Did the Aborigines write something similar I
> > wonder?
> >
> > IanW who might be a closet new ager if he knew what it meant but thinks
> > old ager (i.e to learn from the past and not about how old I am) might
> fit
> > better. Swoon though I did not but maybe I have a different understanding
> > of the word
> >
> >> All perspective.
> >>
> >> Of course, all us soft headed new agers and such swoon when we read/hear
> >> quotes from Chief Seattle's letter to the US government, "Chief Seattle,
> >> Chief of the Suquamish Indians allegedly wrote to the American
> Government
> >> in the 1800's - In this letter he gave the most profound understanding
> of
> >> God in all Things. Here is his letter, which should be instilled in the
> >> hearts and minds of every parent and child in all the Nations of the
> World:
> >> <http://www.barefootsworld.net/seattle.html>" <
> >> http://www.barefootsworld.net/seattle.html>
> >>
> >> And yet, as on all other continents and islands when first settled
> >> (invaded?) by homo sapiens, Chief Seattle's ancestors quickly made
> extinct
> >> all the largest native animals.
> >>
> >
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