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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Which are your favorite battles?
Citizens blood and money at work .
Which are your favorite battles?
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Story Circles
The Navajo, like the Maya, have a large circle of teaching stories for their children. They tell them and tell them again. They are likely to consider the the time of thunder and lightning before they do.
They have other cycles of stories too. Inside the circle of children's stories is a large circle of the stories and deeds of the people. Within that circle their may be on of stories of legitimization and origins.
Cycles within cycles. Inside the stories of origins and legitimization may be a great cycle of of curing ceremonies which contain other stories. The curing ceremonies may seem a bit like variety shows, operas, dances and more. They can be expensive. There is a set way for them to be done and are meant to be carried out correctly by those who know.
A new story may be created, but it may be very wrong to change and old one.
Deep within the circles of stories may be a cycle of mysteries and hidden things. Near the center may be things that I do not imagine and cannot guess.
For those who can turn the circle of circles inside-out, it may not be necessary to guess.
I am neither Maya nor Navajo nor am I an authority on these things.
They have other cycles of stories too. Inside the circle of children's stories is a large circle of the stories and deeds of the people. Within that circle their may be on of stories of legitimization and origins.
Cycles within cycles. Inside the stories of origins and legitimization may be a great cycle of of curing ceremonies which contain other stories. The curing ceremonies may seem a bit like variety shows, operas, dances and more. They can be expensive. There is a set way for them to be done and are meant to be carried out correctly by those who know.
A new story may be created, but it may be very wrong to change and old one.
Deep within the circles of stories may be a cycle of mysteries and hidden things. Near the center may be things that I do not imagine and cannot guess.
For those who can turn the circle of circles inside-out, it may not be necessary to guess.
I am neither Maya nor Navajo nor am I an authority on these things.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Beginning A New Year
Happy 2012!
I thought that this trip post was already on line!
In bringing 2011 to a close, I visited friends and family. I doing so I touched on the following states: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and just a bit of Tennessee. It included my first look at Saint Louis in a long time.
It has been good to travel in the US again. It is a bit insulating to travel on our great interstates, and it is amazing to see great cargo trucks traveling 80 mph and more on them!
I left the Clute/Lake Jackson area on Texas highway 35 going southwest along the Gulf coast to Corpus Christi(body of Christ). I had just had a great visit with my long time friend Dr. D. From Corpus I traveled north westish up interstate 37 to state 72 near Three Rivers, Texas. I passed through Fowlerton and Los Angeles on the way to Cotulla on interstate 35.
Many Texans are learning differences between frac-water and fresh water. Frac-water is sometimes called brine there. Still I haven't been able to find one one Texan who can tell me the recipe for Frac-water. I also have not found out why used frac-water is hidden away beneath the earth and not reused.
From Cotulla I somehow jogged over to federal highway 83 and drove north on it to interstate 10. Found the drive up 83 particularly as, by the way, I did the drive down state 35.
I took interstate 10 to Fort Stockton on U.S. federal highway 285. Fort Stockton was, I believe, one of those places from which Civil War veterans shot Indians for the good of the Republic. For Lancaster, a bit farther east, was another of those places. I believe that both of those forts were built along what had been majore Indian trade routes. We may have once called that route The Old Chihuahua Trail, a name that that probably came to us from the Spanish.
Took 285 to Roswell New Mexico. The only possible aliens I saw around Roswell were some Middle East looking guys in skull caps. The had run out of gas and some good Samaritans were helping them. Tourists might be a better name than aliens.
Drove federal highway from Roswell to Las Cruces and found it a very pleasant drive. Among other pleasant sights, it took me through my first pines with snow of this winter.
Las Cruces has grown enormously; not all that growth has been for the better. From Las Cruces I took interstate through Tucson, Arizona to the junction with interstate 8. Took 8 to Yuma and into California to 86, 62 and home. I passed through some parts of Yuma I had not seen in a long time. I detected an amount of drug and gang activity that, for some reason, surprised me. Still, I found the people kind and helpful, which surprised some people there.
It's good to be home. Joshua Tree and my little house here seem to have fared well in my absence.
Thank you to the people of each of the States I touched. Thank you too to Rex, Dennis, Gerry, Ron, Gloria, and Debra. A great 2012 to all, including the Maya.
I thought that this trip post was already on line!
In bringing 2011 to a close, I visited friends and family. I doing so I touched on the following states: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and just a bit of Tennessee. It included my first look at Saint Louis in a long time.
It has been good to travel in the US again. It is a bit insulating to travel on our great interstates, and it is amazing to see great cargo trucks traveling 80 mph and more on them!
I left the Clute/Lake Jackson area on Texas highway 35 going southwest along the Gulf coast to Corpus Christi(body of Christ). I had just had a great visit with my long time friend Dr. D. From Corpus I traveled north westish up interstate 37 to state 72 near Three Rivers, Texas. I passed through Fowlerton and Los Angeles on the way to Cotulla on interstate 35.
Many Texans are learning differences between frac-water and fresh water. Frac-water is sometimes called brine there. Still I haven't been able to find one one Texan who can tell me the recipe for Frac-water. I also have not found out why used frac-water is hidden away beneath the earth and not reused.
From Cotulla I somehow jogged over to federal highway 83 and drove north on it to interstate 10. Found the drive up 83 particularly as, by the way, I did the drive down state 35.
I took interstate 10 to Fort Stockton on U.S. federal highway 285. Fort Stockton was, I believe, one of those places from which Civil War veterans shot Indians for the good of the Republic. For Lancaster, a bit farther east, was another of those places. I believe that both of those forts were built along what had been majore Indian trade routes. We may have once called that route The Old Chihuahua Trail, a name that that probably came to us from the Spanish.
Took 285 to Roswell New Mexico. The only possible aliens I saw around Roswell were some Middle East looking guys in skull caps. The had run out of gas and some good Samaritans were helping them. Tourists might be a better name than aliens.
Drove federal highway from Roswell to Las Cruces and found it a very pleasant drive. Among other pleasant sights, it took me through my first pines with snow of this winter.
Las Cruces has grown enormously; not all that growth has been for the better. From Las Cruces I took interstate through Tucson, Arizona to the junction with interstate 8. Took 8 to Yuma and into California to 86, 62 and home. I passed through some parts of Yuma I had not seen in a long time. I detected an amount of drug and gang activity that, for some reason, surprised me. Still, I found the people kind and helpful, which surprised some people there.
It's good to be home. Joshua Tree and my little house here seem to have fared well in my absence.
Thank you to the people of each of the States I touched. Thank you too to Rex, Dennis, Gerry, Ron, Gloria, and Debra. A great 2012 to all, including the Maya.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Southern Ceremonial Complex
The SCC began about 500 AD at the end of the relatively peaceful millenia of the Early, Middle, and Late Woodland cultures centered on the Mississippi River. The SCC has also been called the southern Death Cult and Chiefly Warfare Cult. The early SCC included a wide ranging exchange network as did the Woodland cultural periods.
The SCC, or SECC as Waring and Holder called it was identified by them with a cultural rise beginning about 900 AD, a flourishing from about 1250 to 1350 AD with a decline into about 1550 AD. Trade networks about 1350 AD. Waring and Holder identified the SCC period with markers such as: long-nosed god, shell and copper masks, bi-lobed arrow heads, and chunkey players.
An earlier example of cultural change may be seen in the disruption of the Mississippian Woodland Culture evidenced by the marked increased reliance on corn agriculture and increased use of a bow and arrow in hunting and less on the atlatl and dart. This earlier change may have begun as early as 500 BC with more evidence available for a change after 400 BC. The evidence for change is clear to most in the field for a time after 400 AD.
The change from Woodland cultures such as the Hopewell culture to the Southern Ceremonial Complex culture was a ver great change in the peoples of the area. The Woodland cultures had their ups and downs from before 400 BC, but the change to SCC culture was a very great change indeed.
The adoption of the SCC culture was largely by the "Civilized Tribes" of the southeast of the US rather than by the Algonquian speaking peoples farther north.
One of the big changes before the SCC cultural adoption occurred about 3200 BC with the appearance of pottery and the cultivation of squash.
Please help us fill in some details of the narration above.
The SCC, or SECC as Waring and Holder called it was identified by them with a cultural rise beginning about 900 AD, a flourishing from about 1250 to 1350 AD with a decline into about 1550 AD. Trade networks about 1350 AD. Waring and Holder identified the SCC period with markers such as: long-nosed god, shell and copper masks, bi-lobed arrow heads, and chunkey players.
An earlier example of cultural change may be seen in the disruption of the Mississippian Woodland Culture evidenced by the marked increased reliance on corn agriculture and increased use of a bow and arrow in hunting and less on the atlatl and dart. This earlier change may have begun as early as 500 BC with more evidence available for a change after 400 BC. The evidence for change is clear to most in the field for a time after 400 AD.
The change from Woodland cultures such as the Hopewell culture to the Southern Ceremonial Complex culture was a ver great change in the peoples of the area. The Woodland cultures had their ups and downs from before 400 BC, but the change to SCC culture was a very great change indeed.
The adoption of the SCC culture was largely by the "Civilized Tribes" of the southeast of the US rather than by the Algonquian speaking peoples farther north.
One of the big changes before the SCC cultural adoption occurred about 3200 BC with the appearance of pottery and the cultivation of squash.
Please help us fill in some details of the narration above.
Monday, January 9, 2012
American Indian Peoples
Please comment on one or more of the tribes listed below:
~ Apache
~ Arapaho
~ Calusa
~ Cahuilla
~ Cheyenne
~ Chumash
~ Guinch 'in
~ Hopi
~ Lipan
~ Neosho
~ Nootko
~ Muskogee
~ Osage
~ Pawnee
~ Sac
~ Guacara
~ Hoopa
~ Kickapoo
~ Navaho
~ Apache
~ Choctaw
~ Ottawa
~ Zuni
(I'll enter more as time goes by.)
~ Apache
~ Arapaho
~ Calusa
~ Cahuilla
~ Cheyenne
~ Chumash
~ Guinch 'in
~ Hopi
~ Lipan
~ Neosho
~ Nootko
~ Muskogee
~ Osage
~ Pawnee
~ Sac
~ Guacara
~ Hoopa
~ Kickapoo
~ Navaho
~ Apache
~ Choctaw
~ Ottawa
~ Zuni
(I'll enter more as time goes by.)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Malaysia
Until recent times Malaysia was said by Europeans to be in the East Indies. Now that part of the world is called South East Asia, SEA.
I bet that the word 'Malay' is of ancient southern India origin. Although Malaysia may be best know for its seagoing and trading past,the origin of the word 'Malay' may mean something like 'mountainous' which much of the interior of Malaysia is.
To me much of the Malay language and people seem related to Polynesia people. The fact is that they are related to that great mixture of people making up the cultures of South East Asia. India has long been a strong influence there. China to has had long standing influence and that influence increased during the rise and fall of European empire building in the area. Many Chinese were brought to Malaysia as workers during that time.
I suspect that the Malay language is spoken as the first language of just over half the population. Chinese speakers are next in number. Several other languages are popular including English.
Sunni Islam is the largest religious group and includes over 60& of the population. Buddhism is next and is practiced by less than 20% of the population. There is religious freedom, but Islam is the state religion.
Education is good and is open to a wide portion of the population.
Malaysians can play a good game of soccer even though Americans may be the only people to call it soccer.
The title of the elected ruler is, I think, Yang de Pertuan Agong. You may call him Lord and, in the third person, refer to him as His Majesty. The UNMO rules.
Malysias neighbors include Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and the Philippians.
I bet that the word 'Malay' is of ancient southern India origin. Although Malaysia may be best know for its seagoing and trading past,the origin of the word 'Malay' may mean something like 'mountainous' which much of the interior of Malaysia is.
To me much of the Malay language and people seem related to Polynesia people. The fact is that they are related to that great mixture of people making up the cultures of South East Asia. India has long been a strong influence there. China to has had long standing influence and that influence increased during the rise and fall of European empire building in the area. Many Chinese were brought to Malaysia as workers during that time.
I suspect that the Malay language is spoken as the first language of just over half the population. Chinese speakers are next in number. Several other languages are popular including English.
Sunni Islam is the largest religious group and includes over 60& of the population. Buddhism is next and is practiced by less than 20% of the population. There is religious freedom, but Islam is the state religion.
Education is good and is open to a wide portion of the population.
Malaysians can play a good game of soccer even though Americans may be the only people to call it soccer.
The title of the elected ruler is, I think, Yang de Pertuan Agong. You may call him Lord and, in the third person, refer to him as His Majesty. The UNMO rules.
Malysias neighbors include Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and the Philippians.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
"Biological Warfare"
We are not the only generations to participate in biological warfare.
Hittite texts from 1500 BC to 1200 BC spoke of plague victims being driven into enemy lands. They had more sophisticated, if not more impractical technology available.
Many Armies, through medieval times, had launched blood and feces at the enemy.
Around 1763 a documented case of alleged germ warfare involved British Commander Jeffery Amherst and Swiss-British officer Henry Bouquet whose correspondence mentions the idea of giving smallpox infested blankets to Indians during the Pontiac Rebellion which included the seizing of Fort Pitt late in the French and Indian War.
There is much more to the story even before we get to our life-long and extensive part in the activity.
Bring us up to date. Tell us more.
Someone mentioned Hawthorn, California.
Hittite texts from 1500 BC to 1200 BC spoke of plague victims being driven into enemy lands. They had more sophisticated, if not more impractical technology available.
Many Armies, through medieval times, had launched blood and feces at the enemy.
Around 1763 a documented case of alleged germ warfare involved British Commander Jeffery Amherst and Swiss-British officer Henry Bouquet whose correspondence mentions the idea of giving smallpox infested blankets to Indians during the Pontiac Rebellion which included the seizing of Fort Pitt late in the French and Indian War.
There is much more to the story even before we get to our life-long and extensive part in the activity.
Bring us up to date. Tell us more.
Someone mentioned Hawthorn, California.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Manitoulin Island
I wish that someone who knew a lot about Manitoulin Island on Lake Huron would go there with me. It seems not only a lovely place, but also an excellent place to start learning some interesting 'new' Amerindian culture and history. Manitoulin seems an great present day, real life location to start learning about the peoples related to the Great Lakes and greater Mississippi Valley trading system and some high points of its very long existence!
I'd bet a small amount that there are Indian Peoples who still hold sacred ceremonies there.
Upon doing a bit of reading I find that someone believes that Indians may still make up 40% of the population in the area. I find that someone, besides myself, believes that many Indians consider the Island sacred and that some ancient teachings are carried on there.
I'd bet a small amount that there are Indian Peoples who still hold sacred ceremonies there.
Upon doing a bit of reading I find that someone believes that Indians may still make up 40% of the population in the area. I find that someone, besides myself, believes that many Indians consider the Island sacred and that some ancient teachings are carried on there.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Cultures in California
Some time ago I wrote a bit about difficulty some Californian Indians had in dealing with some Spaniards, Russians, and Frenchmen. Most of these Europeans were more understanding than the Americans, but still a considerable problem. For example, most of them could't tell a Cahuilla from a Mojave.
As I remember, the focus was on diplomacy and ignorance. There is really little more to write. In 1821 a noble of the Cocomaricopa arrived at San Gabriel mission. His people had been in contact with Europeans and had learned how to impress them. He came from a rancheria called "Avitucupaiba" six days from Tucson. He had been told by Cahuillas of Spanish settlements at San Diego where he could trade for cotton and beads. In the course of the conversations, powers at San Gabriel learned from the Cocomaricopa that it would take only 15 to 20 days to get a letter to Tucson from San Gabriel. Important information because the Spanish saw it as an opportunity for improving their communication with Mexico and Madrid.
At about the same time Emperor Iturbide, who had assumed control of Mexico, decided to send Reverend Augustin Fernandez de San Vincente, a high churchman from Durango, to inspect California in order to find out the extent of foreign activities in California and of the loyalty of the Caliornios.
Diplomacy not spying.
Iturbides envoy, Fernandez along with Padre Mariano Payeras, president of the California missions, inspected Russian settlements at Fort Ross and Bodega Bay.
Do you remember a post about happenings at Fort Ross?
As I remember, the focus was on diplomacy and ignorance. There is really little more to write. In 1821 a noble of the Cocomaricopa arrived at San Gabriel mission. His people had been in contact with Europeans and had learned how to impress them. He came from a rancheria called "Avitucupaiba" six days from Tucson. He had been told by Cahuillas of Spanish settlements at San Diego where he could trade for cotton and beads. In the course of the conversations, powers at San Gabriel learned from the Cocomaricopa that it would take only 15 to 20 days to get a letter to Tucson from San Gabriel. Important information because the Spanish saw it as an opportunity for improving their communication with Mexico and Madrid.
At about the same time Emperor Iturbide, who had assumed control of Mexico, decided to send Reverend Augustin Fernandez de San Vincente, a high churchman from Durango, to inspect California in order to find out the extent of foreign activities in California and of the loyalty of the Caliornios.
Diplomacy not spying.
Iturbides envoy, Fernandez along with Padre Mariano Payeras, president of the California missions, inspected Russian settlements at Fort Ross and Bodega Bay.
Do you remember a post about happenings at Fort Ross?
Monday, November 8, 2010
Indians
I speak of those Indians of the Indian sub-Continent. I don't know what those Indians mean about 'open government.' I seem not even to have an
available example of an open government.
What I do know is that those Indians know that we have long been a very hypocritical democracy in our foreign affairs. Africa, South America, and most of the rest of the world also know that of us.
available example of an open government.
What I do know is that those Indians know that we have long been a very hypocritical democracy in our foreign affairs. Africa, South America, and most of the rest of the world also know that of us.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Intimations of an Ancient Heartland
Long before the Seven Nations Confederation of First Peoples was a Seven Hundred Tribes and Chiefdoms system. It lasted for an amazingly peaceful thousand years. There is much I don't know about this system and I hope that you will tell me more.
I believe that in the minds of elders of peoples like the Algonquin, Arkansas, Blood, Calusa, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Delaware, Huron, Illinois, Iroquois, Kickapoo, Menominee, Miami, Mohawk, Natchez, Onondaga, Osage, Ottawa, Owasca, Pawnee, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Shawnee, Seneca, Whyandotte, and many others there is a memory of those times. Dances and chants of atlatl, mega-fauna, travels, and revered ancestors may relate to those times.
Tell me more. Let's share.
The kept strong for long; before the time of corn. The time is long, but the blood is the same. Perhaps what kept them strong was: a trade and commerce as holy and sacred as it was competitive; an ongoing dialogue and interaction which was respectful even when carried on in sign language; a highly varied diet of fresh nutritious food including gardens of produce largely unknown to us now and usually lots of hickory nuts;
an avoidance of monoculture; a well developed appreciation of art, craft, and beauty shown in many ways(they loved their pan pipes and sometimes covered them in copper or even silver); a love of wood and water which lead those people to use them and benefit from them well. They had been great hunters who had so long appreciated the atlatl that it had become part of their spiritual life. They lived a life that was the imperfect life of all men, but one that made them strong, and happier than most.
Some of the source of their strength and happiness can be found in the oldest songs and dances, and in the old stories.
There was an excellent trail for them, they especially like the fresh water of lakes and rivers, but knew the salt waters too. The wetlands were source of wealth for them.
For, perhaps, 10,000 years of ups and downs they thrived through the changes on the land.
Many of of the present cities, states, rivers, streams, and lakes carry their names through time. Let's know them better. I would know them better. We live among them still.
Let's share what we know, imagine, suspect, and believe of them. The more we know of them the better are our chances to live long and prosper.
I believe that in the minds of elders of peoples like the Algonquin, Arkansas, Blood, Calusa, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Delaware, Huron, Illinois, Iroquois, Kickapoo, Menominee, Miami, Mohawk, Natchez, Onondaga, Osage, Ottawa, Owasca, Pawnee, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Shawnee, Seneca, Whyandotte, and many others there is a memory of those times. Dances and chants of atlatl, mega-fauna, travels, and revered ancestors may relate to those times.
Tell me more. Let's share.
The kept strong for long; before the time of corn. The time is long, but the blood is the same. Perhaps what kept them strong was: a trade and commerce as holy and sacred as it was competitive; an ongoing dialogue and interaction which was respectful even when carried on in sign language; a highly varied diet of fresh nutritious food including gardens of produce largely unknown to us now and usually lots of hickory nuts;
an avoidance of monoculture; a well developed appreciation of art, craft, and beauty shown in many ways(they loved their pan pipes and sometimes covered them in copper or even silver); a love of wood and water which lead those people to use them and benefit from them well. They had been great hunters who had so long appreciated the atlatl that it had become part of their spiritual life. They lived a life that was the imperfect life of all men, but one that made them strong, and happier than most.
Some of the source of their strength and happiness can be found in the oldest songs and dances, and in the old stories.
There was an excellent trail for them, they especially like the fresh water of lakes and rivers, but knew the salt waters too. The wetlands were source of wealth for them.
For, perhaps, 10,000 years of ups and downs they thrived through the changes on the land.
Many of of the present cities, states, rivers, streams, and lakes carry their names through time. Let's know them better. I would know them better. We live among them still.
Let's share what we know, imagine, suspect, and believe of them. The more we know of them the better are our chances to live long and prosper.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Hohokam
O'odham aren't Irish. I used to call them Pima/Papago.
One of them once convinced me that there were good AA meetings on the res and that they once grew the best dry country beans in the world.
A Reservation of theirs is on the US/Mex boarder.
They may need help in dealing with the illegal drug market and the great demand for those drugs on this side of the boarder.
However, they have been fearful, with good reason, of "help" from the US government.
One of them once convinced me that there were good AA meetings on the res and that they once grew the best dry country beans in the world.
A Reservation of theirs is on the US/Mex boarder.
They may need help in dealing with the illegal drug market and the great demand for those drugs on this side of the boarder.
However, they have been fearful, with good reason, of "help" from the US government.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Stories
I feel that an old man ought to be able to complain a lot and manipulate the truth a bit. Still it seems I have learned to practice a fair amount of responsibility for the welfare of those younger than I.
Here I suspect I will complain, manipulate the truth, and practice care for those younger than I am.
People don't tell me stories any more. I think I still listen as well as I did. Perhaps I say 'I've heard that one.' too often.
People used to tell me stories. I liked that.
Maybe people don't appreciate stories as much as they did. Maybe they are waiting for the movie. Do they want a film over their eyes? Not too many years ago I remember beginning a story and seeing xxxxs appear in the eyes of my listeners. I'd get quiet and they'd excuse themselves. I feel a loss.
I'm taking an archeology class and have gotten to thinking about
American Indians. Maybe I'll try to tell a Indian related story in a future post.
Here I suspect I will complain, manipulate the truth, and practice care for those younger than I am.
People don't tell me stories any more. I think I still listen as well as I did. Perhaps I say 'I've heard that one.' too often.
People used to tell me stories. I liked that.
Maybe people don't appreciate stories as much as they did. Maybe they are waiting for the movie. Do they want a film over their eyes? Not too many years ago I remember beginning a story and seeing xxxxs appear in the eyes of my listeners. I'd get quiet and they'd excuse themselves. I feel a loss.
I'm taking an archeology class and have gotten to thinking about
American Indians. Maybe I'll try to tell a Indian related story in a future post.
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