THS IS A LARGE PROVINCE THAT HAS PLENTY OF RAINFALL. ANOTHER ETHNIC GROUPIS THE NATIONALITY. THE CAPITAL IS CHUNGDU, AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER. IT IS FAMOUS FOR SATINS, BROCADES, AND FLATWARE.
IT HAS MANY PLAINS AND HILLS, MOUNTAINS. PLATEAUS. THEY HAD MANY NICE LANDSCAPES. IT IS HOME TO MANY RARE PLANTS. ANS ANIMAL SPECIES. THE MOUNTAINS HOSAT 50 KINDS OF ANIMALSA INCLUDING THE GIANT PANDA.
THEY HAVE A BREEDING RESEARCH CENTER. AS EARLY AS 2 MILLION YEARS AGO.THE ANCIENT SHU CULTURE WASVELOPED.INTO 4 ZONES. THEY MAKE WELL KNOWN SICHUAN FOOD WITH SPICY FLAVORS. THEY EAT HOT POT, DUCK, KUNG PAO CHICKEN AND PORK.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
PETRA SITE
this is an ancient site in south Jordan. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ROCK CUT AGRICULTURE AND A WATER CONDUIT SYSTEM. IT IS CALLED A ROSE CITY DUE TO THE COLOR OF THE STONE. IT WAS BUILT BY THE CITY IN 312 BCE. IT IS JORDAN'S MOST VISITED CITY. IT IS NEAR THE LARGE VALLEY OF THE DEAD SEA.
BY 1812 THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED BY A SWISS EXPLORER. UNESCO DESCRIBED IT AS A PRECIOUS PROPERTY. SMITHSONIAN SAID IT WAS A PLACE TO SEE! IT HAD A PERENNIAL STREAM AND OCCASIONALLY HAD FLASH FLOODS BY THE USE OF DAMS AND CISTERNS. THEY STORED WATER SO THERE WAS NO DROUGHT. THERE WAS A TOMB OF AARON THAT LEADS DOWN A NARROW GORGE CALLED THE SHAFT. IT IS FORMED FROM A DEEP SPLIT IN SANDSTONE ROCK. PETRA'S BEST RUIN ISAL KHAZIN. THE FACE OF THE STRUCTURE IS MARKED BY BULLET HOLES FROM BEDOIN TRIBES THAT WANTED THE RICHES. THEY HAVE A MASSIVE THEATRE THAT VISITORS LIKE TO USE.
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BY 1812 THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED BY A SWISS EXPLORER. UNESCO DESCRIBED IT AS A PRECIOUS PROPERTY. SMITHSONIAN SAID IT WAS A PLACE TO SEE! IT HAD A PERENNIAL STREAM AND OCCASIONALLY HAD FLASH FLOODS BY THE USE OF DAMS AND CISTERNS. THEY STORED WATER SO THERE WAS NO DROUGHT. THERE WAS A TOMB OF AARON THAT LEADS DOWN A NARROW GORGE CALLED THE SHAFT. IT IS FORMED FROM A DEEP SPLIT IN SANDSTONE ROCK. PETRA'S BEST RUIN ISAL KHAZIN. THE FACE OF THE STRUCTURE IS MARKED BY BULLET HOLES FROM BEDOIN TRIBES THAT WANTED THE RICHES. THEY HAVE A MASSIVE THEATRE THAT VISITORS LIKE TO USE.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
CALIFORNIA INDIAN DANCING
BY THE END OF THE 1800'S THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS WERE PUSHED TO THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE THEIR HERITAGE WAYS BY BY THE TRADITIONAL INDIAN DANCER. THESE ARE SPIRITUAL AND EXPRESS THEIR RELATIONSHIP OF NATIVE PEOPLE WITH THE EARTH AND WITH NATURE. THEY ARE CLOSE TO THEIR CREATOR. MANY TRIBES DANCE TOGETHER AND PASS ON THEIR
TPHEYOUNGER FOLKS. TO CONTINUE STRONG TRIBAL TIES. PATWIN, NOMLAKI, AND POMO AND MAIDU MAKE FLICKER FEATHER HEADBANDS. SOME DANCES ARE FOR HEALING THEIR CHILDREN AND ELDERS. SOME SING TO RECEIVE HEALING.
THE WAPPO I KNOW SAY THEY PERFORM DANCES TO HEAL AND STAY WITH THEIR SPIRITUAL SELF.
THE MALE DANCERS IMPERSONATE BIRDS SO AS TPO BE INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN HEAVEN AND THEIR TRIBE. THEY WEAR MANY BIRD FEATHERS A COYOTE DANCER MAY INTERRUPT A DANCER AND MAKE THEM LAUGH . THEIR COSTUMES ARE AUTHENTIC AS THEY WERE IN ANCIENT TIMES. CHUMASH HONOR THEIR ANIMAL WORLD - DOLPHIN, BEAR, AND BIRDS. OUR FAMILY HAS WATCHED MANY DANCES AND FOUND THEM IN VERY INTRIGUING. SOME WERE IN HOPI, ZUNI, PAPAGO, AND MEXICO AND VARIOUS PARKS./MUSEUMS.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
POMPEII HISTORY
POMPEII WAS AN ANCIENT CITY NEAR NAPLES IN ITALIAN REGION OF COMPANIA NEAR NAPLES. POMPEII WAS DESTROYED AND BURIED UNDER 6 M OF ASH DURING MT VESUVIUS IN 79 A.D.
THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED IN 6TH CENTURY. IT WAS CAPTURED BY ROMANS IN 80 B.C. DURING DESTRUCTION IT HAD 20,000 FOLKS WITH COMPLEX WATER SYSTEM AND AMPHITHEATER. THE ERUPTION WAS A DISASTER FOR THE TOWN. THE SITE WAS LOST FOR 1500 YEARS UNTIL DISCOVERY IN 1600. THE OBJECTS THAT LAY BENEATH THE CITY HAVE BEEN PRESERVED FOR 1000'S OF YEARS BECAUSE OF LACK OF AIR MOISTURE. THESE ARTIFACTS ALLOWED DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING LIFE OF THE CITY WHEN ROMANS TOOK OVER. THE PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE WERE WELL PRESERVED AS THE ASH LAYERS PRESERVED THEM.
FOR 250 YEARS POMPEII HAS BEEN A BIG TOURIST DESTINATION FOR ITALY. THEY HAVE 25 MILLION VISITORS PER YEAR. POMPEII IS TRANSLATED IN LATIN AS "5" - PERHAPS 5 HAMLETS. IT COVERS A BOUT 163 ACRES AND WAS A MAJOR CITY.
THERE WERE OLDER PARTS OF POMPEII THAT HAD OTHER EXPOSED LAYERS THAT HAD BEEN COVERED DURING OTHER ASH EXPLOSIONS. MANY FOLKS ARE EMPLOYED IN THE TOURISM BUSINESS. THE RUINS ARE EASILY ACCESSED. ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND LAVA BELOW THE CITY WITH BITS OF ANIMAL BONE, POTTERY SHERDS AND PLANTS. BY C 14 DATING THE OLDEST LAYERS DATE FROM 8TH CENTURY B.C. IT WAS USED AS A SAFER PORT BY GREEK PHOENICIANS, GREEK SAILORS. ACCORDING TO STRABO, ETRUSCANS CAPTURED EXCAVATIONS. POMPEII WAS FIRST CAPTURED BY THE GREEK COLONY IN 525 B.C.
THEY BUILT SEVERAL TEMPLES FOR JUPITER AND APOLLO THAT WERE DESTROYED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION. SOME MOSAIC PORTRAITS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED. WINE JARS HAVE BEEN FOUND BEARING THE WORLD'S EARLIEST BLEND. DURING THE EARLY PERIOD OF 89 B.C POMPEII WAS ANNEXED TO ROMAN REPUBLIC. THEY BUILT A LARGE AMPHITHEATRE AND HAD MANY EROTIC DECORS IN THEIR ART AND SCULPTURE. THE AREA HAS A GOOD FERTILITY OF THE SOIL WITH MUCH ASH. THE TOWN ASKS FOLKS TO VISIT HERCULANEUM AND ITALIAL AS WELL.
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THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED IN 6TH CENTURY. IT WAS CAPTURED BY ROMANS IN 80 B.C. DURING DESTRUCTION IT HAD 20,000 FOLKS WITH COMPLEX WATER SYSTEM AND AMPHITHEATER. THE ERUPTION WAS A DISASTER FOR THE TOWN. THE SITE WAS LOST FOR 1500 YEARS UNTIL DISCOVERY IN 1600. THE OBJECTS THAT LAY BENEATH THE CITY HAVE BEEN PRESERVED FOR 1000'S OF YEARS BECAUSE OF LACK OF AIR MOISTURE. THESE ARTIFACTS ALLOWED DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING LIFE OF THE CITY WHEN ROMANS TOOK OVER. THE PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE WERE WELL PRESERVED AS THE ASH LAYERS PRESERVED THEM.
FOR 250 YEARS POMPEII HAS BEEN A BIG TOURIST DESTINATION FOR ITALY. THEY HAVE 25 MILLION VISITORS PER YEAR. POMPEII IS TRANSLATED IN LATIN AS "5" - PERHAPS 5 HAMLETS. IT COVERS A BOUT 163 ACRES AND WAS A MAJOR CITY.
THERE WERE OLDER PARTS OF POMPEII THAT HAD OTHER EXPOSED LAYERS THAT HAD BEEN COVERED DURING OTHER ASH EXPLOSIONS. MANY FOLKS ARE EMPLOYED IN THE TOURISM BUSINESS. THE RUINS ARE EASILY ACCESSED. ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND LAVA BELOW THE CITY WITH BITS OF ANIMAL BONE, POTTERY SHERDS AND PLANTS. BY C 14 DATING THE OLDEST LAYERS DATE FROM 8TH CENTURY B.C. IT WAS USED AS A SAFER PORT BY GREEK PHOENICIANS, GREEK SAILORS. ACCORDING TO STRABO, ETRUSCANS CAPTURED EXCAVATIONS. POMPEII WAS FIRST CAPTURED BY THE GREEK COLONY IN 525 B.C.
THEY BUILT SEVERAL TEMPLES FOR JUPITER AND APOLLO THAT WERE DESTROYED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION. SOME MOSAIC PORTRAITS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED. WINE JARS HAVE BEEN FOUND BEARING THE WORLD'S EARLIEST BLEND. DURING THE EARLY PERIOD OF 89 B.C POMPEII WAS ANNEXED TO ROMAN REPUBLIC. THEY BUILT A LARGE AMPHITHEATRE AND HAD MANY EROTIC DECORS IN THEIR ART AND SCULPTURE. THE AREA HAS A GOOD FERTILITY OF THE SOIL WITH MUCH ASH. THE TOWN ASKS FOLKS TO VISIT HERCULANEUM AND ITALIAL AS WELL.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
HOUSE TYPES IN CALIFORNIA
THESE NATIVES INSULATED THEIR REDWOOD POLE HOUSES WITH CONICAL EARTH BANKED FOR AROUND THE THE WALL. THEY BANKED EARTH EXTERIORS AS SWEAT HOUSES OR ASSEMBLY LODGES.
THE MONARCHE AND YOKUTS, POMO AND MODOC, PATWIN MIWOK BUILT EXCAVATED PIT HOUSES FOR WINTER SHELTERS. GROUPS IN WARMER CLIMATES CLIMATES ERECTED CONICAL WIKIUPS OF GRASS AND REEDS.
THE MONARCHS WHO LIVED IN THE 2000' IN ELEVATION ALONG THE SIERRA MADRES MADE PINE POLE TIPIS ABOUT 10' IN DIAMETER.
SOME OF THEM HAD FIRES IN THEIR TIPIS OR ON THE OUTSIDE DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. THE YOKUTS MADE BRUSH HOUSES OF THATCHED ROOFS OF LEAFY BRANCHES. THEY WERE ABOUT 20' IN DIAMETER. THE POMO BUILT CONICAL EARTH LODGES ABOUT 60' IN DIAMETER CENTERED OVER EXCAVATED PITS 60' IN DIAMETER.
THE HUPA HAD PLANK CEDAR AND REDWOOD HOUSES IN 1920 ALONG THE RIVERS.
THEY HAD CIRCULAR ENTRANCES BARELY THE SIZE OF THE HUMAN BODY. WE HAVE ENTERED SIMILAR ONES RECONSTRUCTED BY YUROK FOLKS IN THE PRAIRIE REDWOODS STATE PARK BY TRINIDAD.
THEIR WERE 34 BANDS OF POMO SPREAD IN FOUR COUNTIES.. THEY HAD HOKAN DIALECTS.
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THE MONARCHE AND YOKUTS, POMO AND MODOC, PATWIN MIWOK BUILT EXCAVATED PIT HOUSES FOR WINTER SHELTERS. GROUPS IN WARMER CLIMATES CLIMATES ERECTED CONICAL WIKIUPS OF GRASS AND REEDS.
THE MONARCHS WHO LIVED IN THE 2000' IN ELEVATION ALONG THE SIERRA MADRES MADE PINE POLE TIPIS ABOUT 10' IN DIAMETER.
SOME OF THEM HAD FIRES IN THEIR TIPIS OR ON THE OUTSIDE DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. THE YOKUTS MADE BRUSH HOUSES OF THATCHED ROOFS OF LEAFY BRANCHES. THEY WERE ABOUT 20' IN DIAMETER. THE POMO BUILT CONICAL EARTH LODGES ABOUT 60' IN DIAMETER CENTERED OVER EXCAVATED PITS 60' IN DIAMETER.
THE HUPA HAD PLANK CEDAR AND REDWOOD HOUSES IN 1920 ALONG THE RIVERS.
THEY HAD CIRCULAR ENTRANCES BARELY THE SIZE OF THE HUMAN BODY. WE HAVE ENTERED SIMILAR ONES RECONSTRUCTED BY YUROK FOLKS IN THE PRAIRIE REDWOODS STATE PARK BY TRINIDAD.
THEIR WERE 34 BANDS OF POMO SPREAD IN FOUR COUNTIES.. THEY HAD HOKAN DIALECTS.
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POMO HONORING MONTH
FOR MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS SOME OF THE POMO MADE THEIR HOME IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE LAGUNA. THEY HUNTED ELK, MOUNTAIN LION, DEER, AND SMALL BIRDS, AND COLLECTED OVER 400 ROOTS, SEEDS AND BERRIES FROM NATIVE PLANTS. SEBASTOPOL IS HONORING MANY ARTISTS AND THEY HAVE VARIOUS PAINTINGS, WEAVINGS, BASKETS, EXHIBITS, AND ONE ACT PLAYS THIS YEAR IN OCTOBER. MANY POMO YOUTH ARE LEARNING HOW TO DANCE.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
THE ART OF BASKETRY
THROUGHOUT LIFE MANY TRIBES HERE WOVE INTRICATE BASKETS INCLUDING HATS . IN A POMO LEGEND MARUNDA CREATED THE WORLD FOR PLANTS USED IN BASKETRY. THEY ORIGINALLY HAD A LOT OF RAW MATERIALS AND THE WOMEN MADE BASKETS FOR ALL PURPOSES. KUBURN IS THE TERM FOR RAW MATERIALS. THE MEN MADE WILLOW BASKETS FOR THE INFANTS.
BASKET MAKING WAS SIMILAR IN MANY TRIBES. ALL TRIBES USED TURNING AND OR COILING.THEY WOVE BASKETS SEATED WITH ASPHALT UM OR PINE PITCH. THEY EVEN USED BASKETS FOR CATCHING ANIMALS. SOME EVEN MADE PRIZED GIFT BASKETS.
EVEN THE YOKUT NATIVES MADE DETAILED DECORATED BASKETS MADE FROM REDBUD, SEDGE, WILLOW AND QUAIL FEATHERS. ALL TRIBES CONSIDERED TO BE SPIRITUAL. THEY CONSIDERED THE BASKETS TO BE ALIVE.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THEY USED GRASS STALKS AND REEDS USED FOR DESIGNING. THE POMO ALSO USED REEDS IN THE NORTH MADE BASKETS FOR COLLECTING ROOTS, SEEDS, AND NUTS. THEY MADE A PADDLE OF REDBUD AND WILLOW AND USED A BASKET TO COLLECT TARWEED, AN IMPORTANT SEED. POMO MADSE LARGE TWINED BURDEN BASKETS ON THEIR BACKS TO COLLECT ACORNS AND SEEDS.
THE WOMEN POUNDED ACORNS IN AN OAK DISH AND THEN THEY LEACHED THEM IN A LARGE BASIN IN THE SAND. SOME WOMEN LEACHED THEM IN SHALLOW OAK MADE FROM TUBS. SOME WOMEN USED LARGE WOVEN BASKETS WITH HEATED STONES TO COOK MUSH. MANY BASKETS WERE BURNT FROM STONES. THEY MADE FEATHERED BASKETS ALSO.
MOST NATIVES WOVE BASKETS FROM VARIOUS REEDS AND MANY FOLKS USED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BASKETS FOR GIFTS, CEREMONIES AND UTENSILS.
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BASKET MAKING WAS SIMILAR IN MANY TRIBES. ALL TRIBES USED TURNING AND OR COILING.THEY WOVE BASKETS SEATED WITH ASPHALT UM OR PINE PITCH. THEY EVEN USED BASKETS FOR CATCHING ANIMALS. SOME EVEN MADE PRIZED GIFT BASKETS.
EVEN THE YOKUT NATIVES MADE DETAILED DECORATED BASKETS MADE FROM REDBUD, SEDGE, WILLOW AND QUAIL FEATHERS. ALL TRIBES CONSIDERED TO BE SPIRITUAL. THEY CONSIDERED THE BASKETS TO BE ALIVE.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THEY USED GRASS STALKS AND REEDS USED FOR DESIGNING. THE POMO ALSO USED REEDS IN THE NORTH MADE BASKETS FOR COLLECTING ROOTS, SEEDS, AND NUTS. THEY MADE A PADDLE OF REDBUD AND WILLOW AND USED A BASKET TO COLLECT TARWEED, AN IMPORTANT SEED. POMO MADSE LARGE TWINED BURDEN BASKETS ON THEIR BACKS TO COLLECT ACORNS AND SEEDS.
THE WOMEN POUNDED ACORNS IN AN OAK DISH AND THEN THEY LEACHED THEM IN A LARGE BASIN IN THE SAND. SOME WOMEN LEACHED THEM IN SHALLOW OAK MADE FROM TUBS. SOME WOMEN USED LARGE WOVEN BASKETS WITH HEATED STONES TO COOK MUSH. MANY BASKETS WERE BURNT FROM STONES. THEY MADE FEATHERED BASKETS ALSO.
MOST NATIVES WOVE BASKETS FROM VARIOUS REEDS AND MANY FOLKS USED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BASKETS FOR GIFTS, CEREMONIES AND UTENSILS.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
RENEWING THE WORLD
TRADITIONALLY THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS -THE HUPA AND HE YUROK THOUGHT OF THEMSELVES WHERE TRAIL AND JOURNEYS LEAD BACK HERE.THEY COULD NOT CONCEIVE OF A PATH THAT DID NOT RETURN TO THEIR VALLEY HOME. MOST NATIVES HERE BELIEVE THEIR BOUNTY WAS BEQUEATHED TO THEM BY IMMORTALS. THESE LAWS WERE GIVEN TO THEM HOW PEOPLE SHOULD RELATE TO ALL CREATURES. ANY MISCONDUCT VIOLATES THE SPIRITS. IT CAN PRODUCE DISHARMONY WITH EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS , AND EPIDEMICS.
THEY HAVE CEREMONIES AS DO THE YUROK. THEY ASK THEIR SPIRITS TO MAINTAIN HARMONY. THEY MAKE SHELLS, WOODPECKER SCALPS, AND BLACK ANDWHITE DEERSKINS ARE BLESSED SPIRITUALLY. IT IS A TIME FOR PERFORMING THE HUPA JUMP DANCE AND WHITE DEER SKIN DANCE.
THE IMMORTALS LEFT INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO HAVE RENEWAL CEREMONIES SO THE HUPA COULD RESTORE BALANCE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. THEY DISPLAY TREASURED REGALIA, STRINGS OF DENTALIUM SHELLS, WOODPECKER SCALPS, RED AND WHITE DEERSKIN BLADES. THESE ARE RED AND WHITE DEERSKINS AND BLADES. THESE ARE SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS. THIS TIME THEY PERFORM THE WHITE DEERSKIN DANCE, THE DANCE IS COMPLEX AND IT TAKES 10 DAYS TO PURIFY PEOPLE. THEY HAVE MUCH REGALIA. ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER THE DANCERS LINE UP IN FRONT OF OF A FIRE. THE DANCERS PERFORM THE ANCIENT STEPS WITH A SINGER. PART OF THE DANCE IS IN A LARGE DUG OUT REDWOOD CANOE. THEY DANCE 10 JUMPS AND RESTORE HARMONY BETWEEN THE TURNING POINT AND THE EARTH BELOW.
THEY HAVE SPECIAL DANCERS TO HANDLE THE LARGE CEREMONIAL BLADES OF RED AND BLACK OBSIDIAN. THE FOLKS WHO HOLD OBSIDIAN CUT AWAY SICKNESS AND DISEASE FROM MANKIND.
THEY JUMP DANCE PERFORMS 10 DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEERSKIN DANCE. TWO VIRGINS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR1ST PERIOD WEAR HEAD DRESSES AND CARRY BASKETS AND LIFT THEIR BASKETS IN PRAYER.
THEY JUMP10 TIMES TO RESTORE HARMONY BETWEEN LIVING AND EARTH BELOW. THEY CLOSE THE FIRES AND RELIGHT THEM TO RENEW THE EARTH.
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THEY HAVE CEREMONIES AS DO THE YUROK. THEY ASK THEIR SPIRITS TO MAINTAIN HARMONY. THEY MAKE SHELLS, WOODPECKER SCALPS, AND BLACK ANDWHITE DEERSKINS ARE BLESSED SPIRITUALLY. IT IS A TIME FOR PERFORMING THE HUPA JUMP DANCE AND WHITE DEER SKIN DANCE.
THE IMMORTALS LEFT INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO HAVE RENEWAL CEREMONIES SO THE HUPA COULD RESTORE BALANCE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. THEY DISPLAY TREASURED REGALIA, STRINGS OF DENTALIUM SHELLS, WOODPECKER SCALPS, RED AND WHITE DEERSKIN BLADES. THESE ARE RED AND WHITE DEERSKINS AND BLADES. THESE ARE SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS. THIS TIME THEY PERFORM THE WHITE DEERSKIN DANCE, THE DANCE IS COMPLEX AND IT TAKES 10 DAYS TO PURIFY PEOPLE. THEY HAVE MUCH REGALIA. ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER THE DANCERS LINE UP IN FRONT OF OF A FIRE. THE DANCERS PERFORM THE ANCIENT STEPS WITH A SINGER. PART OF THE DANCE IS IN A LARGE DUG OUT REDWOOD CANOE. THEY DANCE 10 JUMPS AND RESTORE HARMONY BETWEEN THE TURNING POINT AND THE EARTH BELOW.
THEY HAVE SPECIAL DANCERS TO HANDLE THE LARGE CEREMONIAL BLADES OF RED AND BLACK OBSIDIAN. THE FOLKS WHO HOLD OBSIDIAN CUT AWAY SICKNESS AND DISEASE FROM MANKIND.
THEY JUMP DANCE PERFORMS 10 DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEERSKIN DANCE. TWO VIRGINS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR1ST PERIOD WEAR HEAD DRESSES AND CARRY BASKETS AND LIFT THEIR BASKETS IN PRAYER.
THEY JUMP10 TIMES TO RESTORE HARMONY BETWEEN LIVING AND EARTH BELOW. THEY CLOSE THE FIRES AND RELIGHT THEM TO RENEW THE EARTH.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
LIFEWAYS OF INDIANS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
ACHUMAWI PIT HOUSES IN THE 1920'S WAS A LARGE MOUND OF EARTH WITH GRASS GROWING OVER IT AS THE LADDER STICKING OUT MIGHT LET OUT THE SMOKE.
A LOG FRAMED IN TIMBER OVER AN EXCAVATED PIT OR SPLIT WOOD OVER AN EXCAVATED PIT OR SPLIT WOOD OVER THE EARTH WAS COMMON TO THE HILLS AND VILLAGES OF POMO, MIWOK, MODOC AND ACHUMAWI. SOME HAD ATTACHED REMEDIES FOR CURING.
REDWOODS WERE USED FOR YUROK, HUPA, KAROK,AND OTHERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PLANK HOUSE'S. TRIBAL SWEAT HOUSES WERE LAYED WITH SWEAT HOUSES AND GATHERING PLACES FOR MEN. POMO BUILT EARTH LODGES (SEMI-SUBTERRANEAN TO HOLD ASSEMBLIES THAT WERE 60' IN DIAMETER).
SOME POMO AND YUKI BUILT MADE HOMES ALONG WELL RESOURCES STRINGS. THEY HAD SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES TO HARVEST THE WILD PLANTS ANDTHE FISH FROM OCEAN AND STREAMS. THE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE MOVING MOVING TO OPTIMIZE RESOURCES. THEY EVEN USED A BOOMERANG. THEY HAD LARGE NETWORKS OF TRADE. THE POMO MADE BOATS OF TULE TO FISH IN CLEARLAKE ON THE OCEAN. THEY BECAME EASILY WATERLOGGED AND THEY HAD TO DRY THEM OUT ON THE SHORE. THE COASTAL NATIVES LEFT REMAINS OF THEIR FEASTS - SHELL MOUNDS AS HIGH AS 30 FEET AND UP TO 1/4 TH MILE ACROSS AND CAN BE SEEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY. THEY ATE SHELLFISH, ABALONE, OYSTERS, CLAMS, AND MUSSELS AND CRABS.
THEY ATE TULE SHOOTS AND OTHER SEEDS. THE POMO BUILT LOG THATCHED BUILDINGS 35' X12' HIGH FOR FEASTS. THEY USED TULE MATS TO FASTEN OVER THE FRAMES OF WIKIUPS.
SOME TRIBES LASHED OUT TULE PLATFORMS TOGETHER TO FORM 50' LONG BARGES. SOME FAMILIES LIVED ON THEM AS EXTENDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST MADE DUGOUT CANOES HEWED TOGETHER TO FORM 50' LONG BARGES. SOME FAMILIES LIVED ON THEM FOR EXTENDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST MADE DUGOUT CANOES HEWED FROM STRAIGHT GRAINED REDWOOD - A TREE SACRED TO THE VARIOUS TRIBES. SOME HOUSES WERE BUILT OF REDWOOD AS WELL AS USING ELK ANTLER WEDGES. HUPA BUILT HOUSES OF CEDAR. THEY PASSED DOWN LEGENDS ABOUT THEIR HOUSES.
THE YUROK COLLECTED RED OBSIDIAN, WOODPECKER SCALPS AND ALBINO DEERSKINS THAT WERE PART OF A SACRED CEREMONY TO PLEASE SPIRITS TO RENEW WORLDS.
EACH GROUP OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS CONSIDERED THEIR HOME TO BE THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AND THOUGHT OUTSIDERS AS SUSPICIOUS. MANY PEOPLE STAYED WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ORIGINAL VILLAGES UNLESS FORCES TO LEAVE. MOST TRIBES TRADED BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND COMPENSATED FOR DEFICIENCIES. SHELL BEADS, FISH, ACORNS, ACCESS TO OBSIDIAN. SOME POMO GROUPS HAD HOSTILITIES. BOUNDARIES OF TRIBES WERE MARKED AND CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT THE BOUNDARIES.
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A LOG FRAMED IN TIMBER OVER AN EXCAVATED PIT OR SPLIT WOOD OVER AN EXCAVATED PIT OR SPLIT WOOD OVER THE EARTH WAS COMMON TO THE HILLS AND VILLAGES OF POMO, MIWOK, MODOC AND ACHUMAWI. SOME HAD ATTACHED REMEDIES FOR CURING.
REDWOODS WERE USED FOR YUROK, HUPA, KAROK,AND OTHERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PLANK HOUSE'S. TRIBAL SWEAT HOUSES WERE LAYED WITH SWEAT HOUSES AND GATHERING PLACES FOR MEN. POMO BUILT EARTH LODGES (SEMI-SUBTERRANEAN TO HOLD ASSEMBLIES THAT WERE 60' IN DIAMETER).
SOME POMO AND YUKI BUILT MADE HOMES ALONG WELL RESOURCES STRINGS. THEY HAD SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES TO HARVEST THE WILD PLANTS ANDTHE FISH FROM OCEAN AND STREAMS. THE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE MOVING MOVING TO OPTIMIZE RESOURCES. THEY EVEN USED A BOOMERANG. THEY HAD LARGE NETWORKS OF TRADE. THE POMO MADE BOATS OF TULE TO FISH IN CLEARLAKE ON THE OCEAN. THEY BECAME EASILY WATERLOGGED AND THEY HAD TO DRY THEM OUT ON THE SHORE. THE COASTAL NATIVES LEFT REMAINS OF THEIR FEASTS - SHELL MOUNDS AS HIGH AS 30 FEET AND UP TO 1/4 TH MILE ACROSS AND CAN BE SEEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY. THEY ATE SHELLFISH, ABALONE, OYSTERS, CLAMS, AND MUSSELS AND CRABS.
THEY ATE TULE SHOOTS AND OTHER SEEDS. THE POMO BUILT LOG THATCHED BUILDINGS 35' X12' HIGH FOR FEASTS. THEY USED TULE MATS TO FASTEN OVER THE FRAMES OF WIKIUPS.
SOME TRIBES LASHED OUT TULE PLATFORMS TOGETHER TO FORM 50' LONG BARGES. SOME FAMILIES LIVED ON THEM AS EXTENDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST MADE DUGOUT CANOES HEWED TOGETHER TO FORM 50' LONG BARGES. SOME FAMILIES LIVED ON THEM FOR EXTENDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST MADE DUGOUT CANOES HEWED FROM STRAIGHT GRAINED REDWOOD - A TREE SACRED TO THE VARIOUS TRIBES. SOME HOUSES WERE BUILT OF REDWOOD AS WELL AS USING ELK ANTLER WEDGES. HUPA BUILT HOUSES OF CEDAR. THEY PASSED DOWN LEGENDS ABOUT THEIR HOUSES.
THE YUROK COLLECTED RED OBSIDIAN, WOODPECKER SCALPS AND ALBINO DEERSKINS THAT WERE PART OF A SACRED CEREMONY TO PLEASE SPIRITS TO RENEW WORLDS.
EACH GROUP OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS CONSIDERED THEIR HOME TO BE THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AND THOUGHT OUTSIDERS AS SUSPICIOUS. MANY PEOPLE STAYED WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ORIGINAL VILLAGES UNLESS FORCES TO LEAVE. MOST TRIBES TRADED BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND COMPENSATED FOR DEFICIENCIES. SHELL BEADS, FISH, ACORNS, ACCESS TO OBSIDIAN. SOME POMO GROUPS HAD HOSTILITIES. BOUNDARIES OF TRIBES WERE MARKED AND CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT THE BOUNDARIES.
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MODOC AND OTHER TRIBES IN CALIFORNIA
THE MODOC LIVE NEAR A SACRED REGION BY MOUNT SHASTA WITH A SPRING THAT HARBORED THE TEARS OF LIFE. THEY TOLD CHILDREN OF THIS MOUNTAIN AND A SPRING WHERE DEER WOULD CRY WHEN HUNTERS CAME. THEIR LEGENDS ARE PASSED DOWN. THE CHIEF OF THE SKY GREW TIRED OF HIS HOME IN THE ABOVE WORLD THAT THE AIR WAS ALWAYS BRITTLE WITH WITH AN ICY COLD. THE ICE SKY CHIEF CARVED A HOLE IN THE SKY WITH A STONE AND PUSHED ALL THE SNOW AND ICE DOWN BELOW AND HE MADE A GREAT MOUND THAT FROM THE EARTH TO THE SKY. IT IS MT. SHASTA!
THE EUROPEANS CAME DOWN TO EXPLORE THIS REGION AND AGREED THAT IT WAS BLESSED. THE VARIOUS SETTINGS OF THE YUKI, AND OTHER NATIVES OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BELIEVED THEIR CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING AS A GIFT. THEN THE CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING - PLANTS, TREES, AND ALL OF NATURE. THE YUROK FISHERMEN PRAYED FOR SALMON FROM THE PACIFIC TO LAY THEIR EGGS UPSTREAM. CLEAR LAKE HAD ABUNDANT WATER FOWL. THESE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO NEARBY TRIBES.
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THE EUROPEANS CAME DOWN TO EXPLORE THIS REGION AND AGREED THAT IT WAS BLESSED. THE VARIOUS SETTINGS OF THE YUKI, AND OTHER NATIVES OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BELIEVED THEIR CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING AS A GIFT. THEN THE CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING - PLANTS, TREES, AND ALL OF NATURE. THE YUROK FISHERMEN PRAYED FOR SALMON FROM THE PACIFIC TO LAY THEIR EGGS UPSTREAM. CLEAR LAKE HAD ABUNDANT WATER FOWL. THESE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO NEARBY TRIBES.
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ART TRAILS WEEKEND
THIS WEEKEND I VISITED MANY ARTISTS WHO HAD VERY NICE HOUSES AND HAD PAINTINGS, WEAVINGS, PENCIL DRAWINGS, WOOD, IRON SCULPTURES. MANY OF THE HOUSES ARE OF A BRIGHT COLORS INSIDE. THEY HAD ART ON THEIR WALLS.
SOME OF THE FOLKS HAD GREAT FOOD AS WELL. THEY EXPLAINED HOW THEY DID ART WORKS WITH PENS AND OILS. SOME OF THE ARTISTS HAD LITTLE TIME TO TALK AS THEY WERE GETTING MORE PEOPLE. OTHERS HAD NO PEOPLE THERE! MANY WERE SELLING THEIR ARTWORK! THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF OUR ECONOMY.
MANY ARTIST I HAD MET FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS OPEN HOUSE EVENT THAT IS SO POPULAR
SOME OF THE FOLKS HAD GREAT FOOD AS WELL. THEY EXPLAINED HOW THEY DID ART WORKS WITH PENS AND OILS. SOME OF THE ARTISTS HAD LITTLE TIME TO TALK AS THEY WERE GETTING MORE PEOPLE. OTHERS HAD NO PEOPLE THERE! MANY WERE SELLING THEIR ARTWORK! THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF OUR ECONOMY.
MANY ARTIST I HAD MET FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS OPEN HOUSE EVENT THAT IS SO POPULAR
CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE
THIS WEEKEND THE CHURCH SAID TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE. THEY HAD A YOUNG POET WHO WANTED TO BE VERY EXPRESSIVE. OUR TOPIC WAS HOW TO BE VERY EXPRESSIVE. THEY GAVE US WAYS TO CREATE BY MEANS OF THOUGHT THROUGH ME. EVERYTHING I DO IS A PRODUCT OF CHOICE AND PREFERENCE AND CREATIVE POWER. THE POET GAVE A WORKSHOP OF HOW TO USE CREATIVE WAYS TO VIEW OURSELVES AND STRUGGLES.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
INDIANS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
THEY KNEW HOW TO MANAGE LAND THAT WAS PLENTIFUL FOR BASKET COLLECTING, GROWING FOODS AND MAKING AND TENDING CERTAIN PLANTS THAT WOULD BE EASY TO USE FOR COLLECTING AT SEASONAL PERIODS, POMO, WAPPO, PATWIN, COAST MIWOK AND YUKI KNEW AT LEAST 450 PLANTS THAT WERE NATIVE AND EASY TO USE AS FOOD, MEDICINE OR CLOTHING. THEY KNEW HOW TO USE FIRE TO HELP WITH REDUCING OLD GROWTH. THEY WORKED THE LAND INTENTLY AND THEY KNEW WHICH SEEDS TO KEEP AND COLLECT FOR SEEDING THEIR VILLAGES.
KATHLEEN SMITH OF POMO/ MIWOK ANCESTRY SAID SHE LIVES IN SPIRITUAL BALANCE WITHOUT NEEDING TO GO ELSEWHERE. HER REGARD FOR NATURE REQUIRES KEEN SENSE OF NATURE. HER MOM TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING FROM NATURE -PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE OUR RELATIVES,
AS SHERRI FERRI, CURATOR OF THE UKIAH MUSEUM (GRACE HUDSON)STATED THE ART OF MAKING POMO BASKETS IS A COMPLEX TOPIC TODAY. MORE YOUNG FOLKS ARE GETTING INVOLVED. THEY ARE PLANTING BASKET MATERIALS NEAR THEIR HOUSES/RANCHERIAS TO HAVE THEM READILY AVAILABLE. SHE HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT FOR EXHIBITS, BUT ADMITS IT IS QUITE A DIFFICULT TASK. THE MUSEUM IS DEVELOPING AN OUTDOOR SPACE FOR FOLKS LEARNING BASKET MAKING. THE ANGLOS SAW THEM WORK THE LAND TO IMPROVE IT BY BURNING,SOWING AND WEEDING, TILLING AND HARVESTING.
THESE NATIVE AMERICANS ENJOYED A VAST AND VARIED DIET.
IN THIS AREA IF THE ACORNS WERE NOT PLENTIFUL THEY HAD BEAR, FISH, OR 500 OTHER ANIMALS OR PLANTS TO RELEY ON THAT ENCHANTED VISITORS. THESE LANDS THOUGHT THEY LIVED IN A LAND OF FERTILITY. IN THE EARLY 1880'S THERE WAS MUCH ABUNDANCE.
AS MISSIONSECLINED THE SPANISH FRIARS CONFINED 1000 INDIANS TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.. SOME WERE ABUSED AND OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE MISSIONS TO JOIN OTER INDIANS. THEY ATE BRODEA OR ROUND BULBS AND WERE CALLED DIGGERS BY THE SPANISH. THEY RETURNED TO THEIR GATHERING SPOTS AND AERATED SOILS WITH THEIR STICKS.
EVN THOUGH SPANISH CAME HERE THEY USED LOCATIONSTHAT THE ANGLOS THOUGHT WERE OVERUSED. SOME OF THEIR TRADITIONS WERE LOST. MABEL MCKAY, A 20TH CENTURY POMO HEALER, AND BASKET MAKER SAID SOME BULBS WERE MADE TO BE TAKEN WITH CARE. WHEN PEOPLE DO USE PLANTS, THEY GET SCARCE. IF PLANTS AREN'T GATHERED OR TALKED TO. THEY MAY DIE. SAME WITH WILDLIFE.
VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA
KATHLEEN SMITH OF POMO/ MIWOK ANCESTRY SAID SHE LIVES IN SPIRITUAL BALANCE WITHOUT NEEDING TO GO ELSEWHERE. HER REGARD FOR NATURE REQUIRES KEEN SENSE OF NATURE. HER MOM TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING FROM NATURE -PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE OUR RELATIVES,
AS SHERRI FERRI, CURATOR OF THE UKIAH MUSEUM (GRACE HUDSON)STATED THE ART OF MAKING POMO BASKETS IS A COMPLEX TOPIC TODAY. MORE YOUNG FOLKS ARE GETTING INVOLVED. THEY ARE PLANTING BASKET MATERIALS NEAR THEIR HOUSES/RANCHERIAS TO HAVE THEM READILY AVAILABLE. SHE HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT FOR EXHIBITS, BUT ADMITS IT IS QUITE A DIFFICULT TASK. THE MUSEUM IS DEVELOPING AN OUTDOOR SPACE FOR FOLKS LEARNING BASKET MAKING. THE ANGLOS SAW THEM WORK THE LAND TO IMPROVE IT BY BURNING,SOWING AND WEEDING, TILLING AND HARVESTING.
THESE NATIVE AMERICANS ENJOYED A VAST AND VARIED DIET.
IN THIS AREA IF THE ACORNS WERE NOT PLENTIFUL THEY HAD BEAR, FISH, OR 500 OTHER ANIMALS OR PLANTS TO RELEY ON THAT ENCHANTED VISITORS. THESE LANDS THOUGHT THEY LIVED IN A LAND OF FERTILITY. IN THE EARLY 1880'S THERE WAS MUCH ABUNDANCE.
AS MISSIONSECLINED THE SPANISH FRIARS CONFINED 1000 INDIANS TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.. SOME WERE ABUSED AND OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE MISSIONS TO JOIN OTER INDIANS. THEY ATE BRODEA OR ROUND BULBS AND WERE CALLED DIGGERS BY THE SPANISH. THEY RETURNED TO THEIR GATHERING SPOTS AND AERATED SOILS WITH THEIR STICKS.
EVN THOUGH SPANISH CAME HERE THEY USED LOCATIONSTHAT THE ANGLOS THOUGHT WERE OVERUSED. SOME OF THEIR TRADITIONS WERE LOST. MABEL MCKAY, A 20TH CENTURY POMO HEALER, AND BASKET MAKER SAID SOME BULBS WERE MADE TO BE TAKEN WITH CARE. WHEN PEOPLE DO USE PLANTS, THEY GET SCARCE. IF PLANTS AREN'T GATHERED OR TALKED TO. THEY MAY DIE. SAME WITH WILDLIFE.
VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA
Monday, October 7, 2013
JOY IS THE MEANS TO THE END
JOY IS INDEPENDENT OF CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE, OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF. THAT IS ITS PARADOXICAL NATURE. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR CONNECTION WITH A STEADY STREAM OF JOY THAT IS WITHIN YOUR ESSENCE, JOY IS A CONSTANT UNDERCURRENT . REGARD JOY AS A SWEET HOME WITHIN YOUR INNERMOST BEING AND A PLACE WHERE YOU AND THE DIVINE CONNECT
ERNEST HOLMES
ERNEST HOLMES
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