HERE IN THE US THE NATIVE AMERICANS BELIEVED THAT USING NATURAL FOODS FROM THE EARTH AND CATCHING FISH AND HUNTING WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS GAVE THEM A CREATURE FEELING THAT MADE THEM CLOSER TO NATURE. TODAY MANY TRIBES BUY THEIR FOOD IN SUPERMARKETS AND THEY HAVE LOST A CONNECTION TO THEIR HOMELAND. HOWEVER MANY TRIBES STILL TEACH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN HUMANS, ANIMALS, PLANTS AND THEIR LAND. IT IS INGRAINED IN THEM FROM BIRTH.
MANY TRIBES STILL RELY SOLELY UPON THE LAND TO FEED THEIR MEMBERS AS WELL AS TO LIVE. THE WAY TRIBES COLLECT THEIR FOODS AND HUNT IS PART OF THEIR VALUES AND KNOWLEDGE. THE KIDS LEARN HOW TO MAKE BASKETS, POTTERY, AND FISHING ARTIFACTS - THIS BECOMES PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS A PERSON.
THE POMOS COLLECTED THEIR REEDS AND TENDED THEIR GARDENS AS WELL AS PLANTED SOME TUBERS NEAR THEIR VILLAGES. THEY USED A LOT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO COLLECT THEIR REEDS AS WELL TO HUNT. THEY KEPT THEIR OLDER MEMBERS INVOLVED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. SHARING AND PROVIDING FOR EACH OTHER GAVE THEM A SPIRITUAL FEELING AS WELL. THEY MADE SURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TO REEP.
UNKNOWN WRITER
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