YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE PETALUMA ART FESTIVAL AT WALNUT PARK AND SAW OVER 30 ARTISANS WHO WERE DISPLAYING THEIR WARES AND PAINTINGS AS WELL AS THEIR WOODEN ARIFACTS. THEY HAD AN ARTIST WHO MADE SOME BEUATIFUL OIL PAINTINGS OF THE WINE COUNTRY SCENE. THEY HAD MANY ARTISTS WHO PAINTED WATERCOLORS. ONE ARTIST WAS CHINESE AND MADE MANY BEAUTIFUL CHINESE WATER COLOR PAINTINGS. THEY HAD A LARGE VARITY OF FRUIT, CHEESE, AND VEGETABLE AND BREAD VENDORS. THE ORGANIC PEACHES WERE THE BEST OF ALL! THEY SAMPLED THEIR PRODUCTS AND THEY WERE GREAT. IT WAS FUN TO TALK WITH THE ARTISTS. ONE OF THE OIL PAINTERS HAD SOLD A PAINTING FOR $1500 WHICH MADE HER DAY, I'M SURE!
THERE WAS A BIG BOARD FOR THE CHILDREN TO PAINT THEIR DESIGNS ON AS WELL. THE WEATHER WAS A BIT HOT, HOWEVER PEOPLE WERE IN LINE FOR THE GREAT ICE CREAM. PEOPLE WERE EATING ALL SORTS OF FOOD. THE WALNUTS ON THE GROUND WERE FROM LAST YEAR'S CROP. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE JUST HAVING FUN LOOKING AT ALL THE VENDORS AND MEETING ONE ANOTHER. NOT MANY PEOPLE WERE SELLING THE CREATIVE IDEAS. I RECOGNIZED THAT SOME OF THE VENDORS I HAD SPOKEN TO SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT A PARTICIPATORY COACHING MEETING I HAD FOR THEM.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
THE ENNAGRAM
1. THE REFORMER - DESIRES FOR THE WORLD TO BE A BETTER PLACE. TOLERANT AND FORGIVING OF OTHERS. GREAT ABILITY TO HELP OTHERS AND GET ON THE RIGHT ROAD. REALLY CAN CHANGE THE WORLD AND MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE. UNDER STRESS THEY AVOID ANGER. VERY DETAIL DRIVEN, STUBBORN AND IMPERSONAL.
2. TO BE LOVED - VERY GIVING AND WANTS TO BE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE A CAREGIVER WITHOUT CONDITION. ATTRACTIVE AND CAN BRING OUT THE BEST IN OTHERS. UNDER STRESS THEY DO NOT RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN NEEDS, AND ARE MANIPULATIVE. THEY ARE HOSTILE WHEN NOT LOVED.
3. THE ACHIEVER - THEY HAVE REAL CAPACITY FOR AUTHORITY AND HAVE TALENT TO ACHIEVE AND ARE OPTIMISTIC.THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC AND ARE MOTIVATORS AS WELL. UNDER STRESS THEY MAKE THEMSELVES GET LOVE THROUGH ACHIEVEMENTS. THEY BECOME HOSTILE.
4. THE ARTIST - IS A PERSON WITH A FLAIR FOR LIFE AND INVENTIVE. SHE IS PROFOUNDLY CREATIVE AND INSPIRING - IT IS ONE WHO LOVES TO LAUGH AND HAS PASSION. THEY ARE VERY SENSITIVE. UNDER STRESS THEY AVOID FEELING ORDINARY AND RETREAT INTO EMOTIONS. THEY CAN HAVE WHAT THEY WANT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM AND HEAL THAT.
5. THE THINKER - IS INGENIOUS AND A VISIONARY AND HAS A CAPACITY OF GENIUS. THEY CAN SEE BEYOND THE LIMITS OF TO THE POSSIBILITIES. THEY ARE OPEN MINDED AND INSIGHTFUL. THEY UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE AND ARE AN EXPERT IN A PARTICULAR AREA. UNDER STRESS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT PAIN, FEARS AND ANXIETY. THEY OFTEN WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE AND DON'T SHARE THOUGHTS.
6. SAFETY AND SECURITY - ELEVATION AND SECURITY MOVEMENT TOWARD STRENGTH = LOYAL, GENTLE, INSIGHTFUL, CAPABLE AND WITH A QUICK MIND. CREATE TRUST, SECURITY, AND SAFETY FOR OTHERS. THEY ARE GOOD MEDIATORS. UNDER STRESS THEY AVOID DEVIANCE AND THEY MUST BE FULLY PREPARED. THEY ARE UNREASONABLY LOYAL AND CAN'T TRUST THE WORLD.
7. TO HAVE FUN - THEY TRUE LY ENJOY LIFE AND ARE CHILDLIKE - THEY FIND WONDER IN ALMOST EVERY AREA. THEY BRING PEOPLE A SENSE OF ENJOYMENT. THEY LIVE LIFE AT A FRENZIED PACE AND TALKS A LOT. THEY FAIL TO COMPLETE PLANS WHEN DIFFICULTIES ENTER.
8. SELF RELIANT LEADER
MOVEMENT TOWARD GROWTH AND CHANGE, CHAMPIONS THE UNDER DOG, AND IS PASSIONATE. CAN BRING OUT OTHERS STRENGTHS AND ARE RESOURCEFUL. THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS ENERGY AND PASSION.
10. PEACEMAKER - THEY ARE GENTLE AND KIND AND RELIANT AND PROVIDE GOOD MEDIATION AND HAVE A CALMING EFFECT ON EACH OTHER. UNDER STRESS THEY AVOID CONFLICT. THEY WANT EVERYTHING TO BE PEACEFUL. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DO MAKE TROUBLE AND PROCRASTINATES.
SUSAN CARLISLE
2. TO BE LOVED - VERY GIVING AND WANTS TO BE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS. THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE A CAREGIVER WITHOUT CONDITION. ATTRACTIVE AND CAN BRING OUT THE BEST IN OTHERS. UNDER STRESS THEY DO NOT RECOGNIZE THEIR OWN NEEDS, AND ARE MANIPULATIVE. THEY ARE HOSTILE WHEN NOT LOVED.
3. THE ACHIEVER - THEY HAVE REAL CAPACITY FOR AUTHORITY AND HAVE TALENT TO ACHIEVE AND ARE OPTIMISTIC.THEY ARE OPTIMISTIC AND ARE MOTIVATORS AS WELL. UNDER STRESS THEY MAKE THEMSELVES GET LOVE THROUGH ACHIEVEMENTS. THEY BECOME HOSTILE.
4. THE ARTIST - IS A PERSON WITH A FLAIR FOR LIFE AND INVENTIVE. SHE IS PROFOUNDLY CREATIVE AND INSPIRING - IT IS ONE WHO LOVES TO LAUGH AND HAS PASSION. THEY ARE VERY SENSITIVE. UNDER STRESS THEY AVOID FEELING ORDINARY AND RETREAT INTO EMOTIONS. THEY CAN HAVE WHAT THEY WANT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM AND HEAL THAT.
5. THE THINKER - IS INGENIOUS AND A VISIONARY AND HAS A CAPACITY OF GENIUS. THEY CAN SEE BEYOND THE LIMITS OF TO THE POSSIBILITIES. THEY ARE OPEN MINDED AND INSIGHTFUL. THEY UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE AND ARE AN EXPERT IN A PARTICULAR AREA. UNDER STRESS THEY TRY TO FIGURE OUT PAIN, FEARS AND ANXIETY. THEY OFTEN WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE AND DON'T SHARE THOUGHTS.
6. SAFETY AND SECURITY - ELEVATION AND SECURITY MOVEMENT TOWARD STRENGTH = LOYAL, GENTLE, INSIGHTFUL, CAPABLE AND WITH A QUICK MIND. CREATE TRUST, SECURITY, AND SAFETY FOR OTHERS. THEY ARE GOOD MEDIATORS. UNDER STRESS THEY AVOID DEVIANCE AND THEY MUST BE FULLY PREPARED. THEY ARE UNREASONABLY LOYAL AND CAN'T TRUST THE WORLD.
7. TO HAVE FUN - THEY TRUE LY ENJOY LIFE AND ARE CHILDLIKE - THEY FIND WONDER IN ALMOST EVERY AREA. THEY BRING PEOPLE A SENSE OF ENJOYMENT. THEY LIVE LIFE AT A FRENZIED PACE AND TALKS A LOT. THEY FAIL TO COMPLETE PLANS WHEN DIFFICULTIES ENTER.
8. SELF RELIANT LEADER
MOVEMENT TOWARD GROWTH AND CHANGE, CHAMPIONS THE UNDER DOG, AND IS PASSIONATE. CAN BRING OUT OTHERS STRENGTHS AND ARE RESOURCEFUL. THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS ENERGY AND PASSION.
10. PEACEMAKER - THEY ARE GENTLE AND KIND AND RELIANT AND PROVIDE GOOD MEDIATION AND HAVE A CALMING EFFECT ON EACH OTHER. UNDER STRESS THEY AVOID CONFLICT. THEY WANT EVERYTHING TO BE PEACEFUL. THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DO MAKE TROUBLE AND PROCRASTINATES.
SUSAN CARLISLE
MEDICINE AND RITUAL AND CEREMONY
MEDICINE MEN HAVE LEARNED THEIR STORIES BY DREAMING AND BEING TAUGHT BY SPIRITS. SOME ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA SHAMANS BELIEVE THAT THEY EXPERIENCE CREATION THROUGH THEIR DREAMS. SOME QUECHAN MEN REPORTED THAT HE WAS PRESENT FROM THE BEGINNING AND SAW AND HEARD IT ALL. HE DREAMED THE CREATION STORY AND LEARNED IT FIRST HAND. THE ORIGIN STORY TOOK FOUR NIGHTS TO TELL.
IN PERU THE QUECHAN MEDICINE MEN LEARNED OF HIS DESTINY BY DREAM TRAVEL. BEFORE HIS BIRTH HE WOULD SOMETIMES STEAL OUT OF HIS MOM'S WOMB WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING. AND HE WOULD TRAVEL TO A SACRED MOUNTAIN NOT FAR FROM THE PRESENT DAY NEEDLES, CA.
THE QUECHANS BELIEVED THAT THEIR MEDICINE MEN COULD SUCK OUT SICKNESS. THE EUROPEANS BROUGHT MANY SICKNESSES THAT THE INDIANS COULD NOT CURE.
INDIAN DOCTORS HAD SPECIAL POWERS TO LOCATE, DIAGNOSE, AND TO REMOVE ILLNESSES. THEY ORGANIZED THE POWER THROUGH THE SONGS, STORIES, PAINTINGS AND RITUAL ACTS.
THE NAVAJO ENJOY A RICH HISTORY OF CULTURE AND MEDICINE. NAVAJO CEREMONY REVOLVES AROUND MAKING A PERSON IN HARMONY AND WHOLE. THE CAUSE OF ILLNESS IS OFTEN THE VIOLATION OF TRIBAL LAWS OR CODES. THE NAVAJO DO NOT TOUCH OBJECTS STRUCK BY LIGHTENING.
KINDLE'S PARENTS HIRED A MEDICINE MAN TO CONDUCT A LIGHTENING WAY CEREMONY TO REMOVE
LIGHTENING, POWER, AND CURE THE SORE. NAVAJOS USE PLANT MEDICINE TO MAKE MEDICINAL TEAS AND DIRECT APPLICATIONS TO HEAL. MANY INDIANS IN ARIZONA AND MEXICO MAKE A TEA FROM CREOSOTE BUSH TO HEAL SORE THROATS AND SKIN IRRITATIONS, EASTERN WOODLAND INDIANS USE SASSAFRAS TREE ROOTS TO CURE COLDS AND STOMACH ILLNESSES.
GERALD MCMASTER AND CLIFFORD TREFNER
IN PERU THE QUECHAN MEDICINE MEN LEARNED OF HIS DESTINY BY DREAM TRAVEL. BEFORE HIS BIRTH HE WOULD SOMETIMES STEAL OUT OF HIS MOM'S WOMB WHILE SHE WAS SLEEPING. AND HE WOULD TRAVEL TO A SACRED MOUNTAIN NOT FAR FROM THE PRESENT DAY NEEDLES, CA.
THE QUECHANS BELIEVED THAT THEIR MEDICINE MEN COULD SUCK OUT SICKNESS. THE EUROPEANS BROUGHT MANY SICKNESSES THAT THE INDIANS COULD NOT CURE.
INDIAN DOCTORS HAD SPECIAL POWERS TO LOCATE, DIAGNOSE, AND TO REMOVE ILLNESSES. THEY ORGANIZED THE POWER THROUGH THE SONGS, STORIES, PAINTINGS AND RITUAL ACTS.
THE NAVAJO ENJOY A RICH HISTORY OF CULTURE AND MEDICINE. NAVAJO CEREMONY REVOLVES AROUND MAKING A PERSON IN HARMONY AND WHOLE. THE CAUSE OF ILLNESS IS OFTEN THE VIOLATION OF TRIBAL LAWS OR CODES. THE NAVAJO DO NOT TOUCH OBJECTS STRUCK BY LIGHTENING.
KINDLE'S PARENTS HIRED A MEDICINE MAN TO CONDUCT A LIGHTENING WAY CEREMONY TO REMOVE
LIGHTENING, POWER, AND CURE THE SORE. NAVAJOS USE PLANT MEDICINE TO MAKE MEDICINAL TEAS AND DIRECT APPLICATIONS TO HEAL. MANY INDIANS IN ARIZONA AND MEXICO MAKE A TEA FROM CREOSOTE BUSH TO HEAL SORE THROATS AND SKIN IRRITATIONS, EASTERN WOODLAND INDIANS USE SASSAFRAS TREE ROOTS TO CURE COLDS AND STOMACH ILLNESSES.
GERALD MCMASTER AND CLIFFORD TREFNER
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
HUPA JUMP DANCE AND WHITE DEERSKIN CEREMONIES
HUPA JUMP DANCES ARE CEREMONIES THAT HELP THEIR COMMUNITY RENEW ITSELF EVERY TWO YEARS BY ENTREATING THE POWER OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. THEY LIVE ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER. THE JUMP DANCE WARDS OFF DISEASE AND DISASTER. THEIR CREATION MYTH SAYS A CLOUD CONTAINS SICKNESS AND DISEASE IN THE EASTERN SKY. CERTAIN SPIRITS INSTRUCTED OTHER SPIRITS TO HOLD A SPECIAL DANCE TO DEFEND AGAINST THE CLOUD. THEY NOTICED THAT WITH EACH SONG AND DANCE THAT THE CLOUD RECEDED. THEY DANCED FOR FIVE DAYS IN LENGTH AND THE COMMUNITYWAS SPARED OF PESTILENCE.
THE HUPA ADOPTED THE JUMP DANCE AS A MEANS OF FENDING OFF NEGATIVE POWER. IT IS A CEREMONY INVOLVES MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. IT PROTECTS THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME. THE PEOPLE WATCH FOR A SIGN THAT THE SPIRITS APPROVED OF THE DANCE. IF RAIN COMES IT IS A SIGN OF EARTH RENEWAL AND CLEANSING.
THE REGALIA OF THE MEN IS A WHITE DEERSKIN HEAD DRESS AND LARGE BANDS OF RED WOODPECKER SCALPS AND DUCK FEATHERS. MEN WEAR DEER HIDES FOR SKIRTS, ABALONE NECKLACES.
WOMEN WEAR LEATHER DANCE DRESSES AND A SASH FROM THE LEFT SHOULDER MADE OF HUNDREDS OF BEAR GRASS SKIRTS, A COLORFUL SASH OVER THEIR SHOULDER MADE OF ACORN WOODPECKER SCALPS AND DENTALIUM SHELLS. THEY RAISE A BASKET OVER THEIR SHOULDERS AND STAMP A FOOT. WOMEN LIFT UP THEIR BODIES IN TWO MOTIONS TO THE BEAT OF A SONG AND RISE TO SING.
THE HUPA ADOPTED THE JUMP DANCE AS A MEANS OF FENDING OFF NEGATIVE POWER. IT IS A CEREMONY INVOLVES MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN. IT PROTECTS THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME. THE PEOPLE WATCH FOR A SIGN THAT THE SPIRITS APPROVED OF THE DANCE. IF RAIN COMES IT IS A SIGN OF EARTH RENEWAL AND CLEANSING.
THE REGALIA OF THE MEN IS A WHITE DEERSKIN HEAD DRESS AND LARGE BANDS OF RED WOODPECKER SCALPS AND DUCK FEATHERS. MEN WEAR DEER HIDES FOR SKIRTS, ABALONE NECKLACES.
WOMEN WEAR LEATHER DANCE DRESSES AND A SASH FROM THE LEFT SHOULDER MADE OF HUNDREDS OF BEAR GRASS SKIRTS, A COLORFUL SASH OVER THEIR SHOULDER MADE OF ACORN WOODPECKER SCALPS AND DENTALIUM SHELLS. THEY RAISE A BASKET OVER THEIR SHOULDERS AND STAMP A FOOT. WOMEN LIFT UP THEIR BODIES IN TWO MOTIONS TO THE BEAT OF A SONG AND RISE TO SING.
Monday, September 6, 2010
THE POMO WERE FORTUNATE INDIANS
THE POMO WERE SOME OF THE MOST FORTUNATE OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS ACCORDING TO TRUDY GRIFFIN PIERCE. THEY RESPONDED TO THE RHYTHMS OF THE EARTH AND THE BOUNTY OF THE LAND AROUND THEM. THE INDIANS FOUND ALL THEY NEEDED FROM THE LAND. THE MEN AND BOYS CLIMBED THE OAK TREES TO SHAKE THE NUTS LOOSE.
SOMETIMES THEY BUILT A CORRAL INTO WHICH THEY HERDED THE ANIMALS. IF THEY WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, ALL MEN HAD TO PREPARE THEMSELVES SPIRITUALLY BEFORE THE HUNT. IN FEBRUARY THE MEN USED TRAPS TO CATCH SUCKERS TO SPAWN. WATER FOUL AND FISH WERE A MAJOR SOURCE OF FOOD FROM NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY. AT THE END OF FEBRUARY MEN USED CONICAL BASKET TRAPS TO CATCH SUCKERS WHICH GO UP THE CREEK TO SPAWN. MID MARCH THEY SPEARED PIKES IN THE STREAMS. HITCH AND CHAY SWAM UP TO THE CREEK AND WERE CAUGHT IN BASKET TRAPS. IN APRIL THE EASTERN POMO LEFT THE MAIN VILLAGE FOR FISH CAMPS.ON CLEAR LAKE.. THESE WERE USED FOR FISH TRAPS TO CATCH BLACKFISH AND CARP. THEY DRIED AND STORED THERE FISH. THE EASTERN POMO TRADED THEIR FISH FOR BEADS TO NORTH AND CENTRAL POMO.
WOMEN COLLECTED CLAMS AND TULE FROM MARSHES THAT SURROUNDED THE LAKE. FOOD WAS SERVED ON TULE MATS. SHREDDED TULE WAS USED FOR DIAPERS AND BEDDING. THEY ATE TENDER SHOOTS AND THE ROOTS OF TULE. IN JUNE THE CAMP WAS MOVED TO THE HILLS SO WOMEN DUG ROOTS.
IN JULY THE WOMEN CAME BACK TO THE MAIN VILLAGE WITH ROOTS, TULE, AND CLAMS. IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THEY GATHERED PINOLE SEEDS AND TRAVELED TO THE COAST TO GET SALT AND MARINE ANIMALS ANS RESOURCES.
ONLY IN SUMMER AND AUTUMN DID THE POMO LIVE IN TEMPORARY BRUSH SHELTERS. COASTAL POMO LIVED IN TIPI LIKE SHELTERS 10 - 15' IN DIAMETER COVERED WITH REDWOOD.
THE ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO CALIFORNIA NATIVES MEANT THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DEVELOP MANY ELABORATE WAYS TO GATHER OR HUNT. THEY HAD TIME TO DEVELOP WORLD WIDE FAMOUS BASKETS. THEY USED 30 DIFFERENT PLANT MATERIALS. SOME BASKETS WERE AS SMALL AS A THIMBLE. EVEN THE MEN PRODUCED CARRYING BASKETS. THEY WOVE FINE GIFT BASKETS THAT WERE USUALLY BLACK, RED, AND HAD A WIDE VARIETY OF DESIGNS. THE WOMEN KNEW 15 - 20 DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND THEY NAMED THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND PATTERNS.
THE HUSBANDS HAD TO STAY INDOORS FOR A MONTH AND COULD NOT TRAVEL OR HUNT OR GAMBLE WHEN HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH. IT IS CALLED THE COUVADE. IT IS A CUSTOM SHARED BY MANY CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF THE CHILD AND MOTHER.
GIRLS WHO HAD STARTED THEIR MENSES PURIFIED THEMSELVES BY LYING ON A BED OF TULE PLACED OVER A BED OF TULES PLACED OVER A BED OF COALS, AND SHE WAS BATHED IN STEAM. HER FOOD WAS ACORN MUSH AND PINOLE.
BOYS AT 8 YEARS OLD WERE GIVEN A HAIRNET AND TOY BOWS AND ARROS. HE WAS BATHED IN ANGELICA ROOT WATER DURING A FEAST. THERE WAS NO PUBERTY RITUAL FOR BOYS. TEENS WERE GIVEN A CHOICE WHO THEY MARRIED, HOWEVER PARENTS HAD TO APPROVE.
WHEN SOMEONE DIED THE MEN AND WOMEN CUT THEIR HAIR AND MOURNED IN MANY WAYS. THEY PRACTICED CREMATION UNTIL ABOUT THE 1880'S WHEN THE ANGLOS DECIDED TO PRESSURE THEM TO STOPTHIS CUSTOM.
THE POMO BELIEVED THAT THEIR IULLNESS WAS FROM SOME KIND OF POISONING.
THE NORTHERNMOST TRIBES HELD WORLD RENEWAL CEREMONIES EVERY YEAR.. THESE RITUALS WERE HELD TO FIRM UP OR CAUSE GOOD FORTUNE TO THE EARTH, AND THEY SHARED A SIMILAR PURPOSE. A SPECIAL MAN TRAVELED TO A MEMBER OF SACRED LOCATIONS WHERE HE CARRIED OUT RITES TO ENSURE NATURE'S RENEWAL. A SECOND RITUAL WAS MORE SOCIAL AND CALLED A JUMPING DANCE WHERE THEY USED WHITE DEERSKINS FOR DANCING.
SOMETIMES THEY BUILT A CORRAL INTO WHICH THEY HERDED THE ANIMALS. IF THEY WERE TO BE SUCCESSFUL, ALL MEN HAD TO PREPARE THEMSELVES SPIRITUALLY BEFORE THE HUNT. IN FEBRUARY THE MEN USED TRAPS TO CATCH SUCKERS TO SPAWN. WATER FOUL AND FISH WERE A MAJOR SOURCE OF FOOD FROM NOVEMBER TO FEBRUARY. AT THE END OF FEBRUARY MEN USED CONICAL BASKET TRAPS TO CATCH SUCKERS WHICH GO UP THE CREEK TO SPAWN. MID MARCH THEY SPEARED PIKES IN THE STREAMS. HITCH AND CHAY SWAM UP TO THE CREEK AND WERE CAUGHT IN BASKET TRAPS. IN APRIL THE EASTERN POMO LEFT THE MAIN VILLAGE FOR FISH CAMPS.ON CLEAR LAKE.. THESE WERE USED FOR FISH TRAPS TO CATCH BLACKFISH AND CARP. THEY DRIED AND STORED THERE FISH. THE EASTERN POMO TRADED THEIR FISH FOR BEADS TO NORTH AND CENTRAL POMO.
WOMEN COLLECTED CLAMS AND TULE FROM MARSHES THAT SURROUNDED THE LAKE. FOOD WAS SERVED ON TULE MATS. SHREDDED TULE WAS USED FOR DIAPERS AND BEDDING. THEY ATE TENDER SHOOTS AND THE ROOTS OF TULE. IN JUNE THE CAMP WAS MOVED TO THE HILLS SO WOMEN DUG ROOTS.
IN JULY THE WOMEN CAME BACK TO THE MAIN VILLAGE WITH ROOTS, TULE, AND CLAMS. IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER THEY GATHERED PINOLE SEEDS AND TRAVELED TO THE COAST TO GET SALT AND MARINE ANIMALS ANS RESOURCES.
ONLY IN SUMMER AND AUTUMN DID THE POMO LIVE IN TEMPORARY BRUSH SHELTERS. COASTAL POMO LIVED IN TIPI LIKE SHELTERS 10 - 15' IN DIAMETER COVERED WITH REDWOOD.
THE ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO CALIFORNIA NATIVES MEANT THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TO DEVELOP MANY ELABORATE WAYS TO GATHER OR HUNT. THEY HAD TIME TO DEVELOP WORLD WIDE FAMOUS BASKETS. THEY USED 30 DIFFERENT PLANT MATERIALS. SOME BASKETS WERE AS SMALL AS A THIMBLE. EVEN THE MEN PRODUCED CARRYING BASKETS. THEY WOVE FINE GIFT BASKETS THAT WERE USUALLY BLACK, RED, AND HAD A WIDE VARIETY OF DESIGNS. THE WOMEN KNEW 15 - 20 DIFFERENT DESIGNS AND THEY NAMED THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND PATTERNS.
THE HUSBANDS HAD TO STAY INDOORS FOR A MONTH AND COULD NOT TRAVEL OR HUNT OR GAMBLE WHEN HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH. IT IS CALLED THE COUVADE. IT IS A CUSTOM SHARED BY MANY CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD. IT IS TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF THE CHILD AND MOTHER.
GIRLS WHO HAD STARTED THEIR MENSES PURIFIED THEMSELVES BY LYING ON A BED OF TULE PLACED OVER A BED OF TULES PLACED OVER A BED OF COALS, AND SHE WAS BATHED IN STEAM. HER FOOD WAS ACORN MUSH AND PINOLE.
BOYS AT 8 YEARS OLD WERE GIVEN A HAIRNET AND TOY BOWS AND ARROS. HE WAS BATHED IN ANGELICA ROOT WATER DURING A FEAST. THERE WAS NO PUBERTY RITUAL FOR BOYS. TEENS WERE GIVEN A CHOICE WHO THEY MARRIED, HOWEVER PARENTS HAD TO APPROVE.
WHEN SOMEONE DIED THE MEN AND WOMEN CUT THEIR HAIR AND MOURNED IN MANY WAYS. THEY PRACTICED CREMATION UNTIL ABOUT THE 1880'S WHEN THE ANGLOS DECIDED TO PRESSURE THEM TO STOPTHIS CUSTOM.
THE POMO BELIEVED THAT THEIR IULLNESS WAS FROM SOME KIND OF POISONING.
THE NORTHERNMOST TRIBES HELD WORLD RENEWAL CEREMONIES EVERY YEAR.. THESE RITUALS WERE HELD TO FIRM UP OR CAUSE GOOD FORTUNE TO THE EARTH, AND THEY SHARED A SIMILAR PURPOSE. A SPECIAL MAN TRAVELED TO A MEMBER OF SACRED LOCATIONS WHERE HE CARRIED OUT RITES TO ENSURE NATURE'S RENEWAL. A SECOND RITUAL WAS MORE SOCIAL AND CALLED A JUMPING DANCE WHERE THEY USED WHITE DEERSKINS FOR DANCING.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
SANTA ROSA CHRISTIAN CHURCH
TODAY I WENT TO A NEW CHURCH ON PACIFIC AVENUE IN SANTA ROSA CALLED THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THEY HAD A BAND PLAYING CHRISTIAN MUSIC. I CRIED AS I HEARD SOME SOULFUL MUSIC. I SANG THE TUNES THEY HAD PLAYED AND DISPLAYED ON THE MAIN BOARD. THE SERVICE WAS ABOUT LAUGHING AT YOUR LIGHTER SIDE AND STAYING WITH YOUNGER KIDS WHO HAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE OLDER FOLKS ARE THINKING AND DOING.
THE SERVICE WAS ABOUT HAVING YOUNG CHILDREN IN YOUR LIFE AND KEEPING FREE OF THE NEGATIVES. WE ENJOYED THE SINGING PART AND I HAD NEVER BEEN IN THIS CHURCH BEFORE. I SAW MANY BABIES IN CHURCH. I HAD INTENDED TO GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH BUT IT WAS NOT OPEN TODAY.
THE SERVICE WAS ABOUT HAVING YOUNG CHILDREN IN YOUR LIFE AND KEEPING FREE OF THE NEGATIVES. WE ENJOYED THE SINGING PART AND I HAD NEVER BEEN IN THIS CHURCH BEFORE. I SAW MANY BABIES IN CHURCH. I HAD INTENDED TO GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH BUT IT WAS NOT OPEN TODAY.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
THE NORTHWEST COAST INDIANS
THE TRIBES OF THE NORTH COAST INDIANS SPOKE ABOUT 35 LANGUAGES AND THEY HAD PLENTY TO EAT AS THEY HAD PLENTY OF FISH FROM THE OCEANS AND THEY HAD PLENTY OF GAME ANIMALS. THEY HONORED THE SPIRIT OF THE SALMON BY PERFORMING A RITUAL OF THANKSGIVING OVER THE FIRST SALMON CAUGHT IN THE SPRING. THIS FISH WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE LEADER OF THE SALMON MEN. A HOLY MAN WHO KNEW THE PRAYERS RESPECTFULLY CARRIED THE SALMON TO THE ALTAR WHERE HE SPRINKLED IT WITH RED OCHRE OR EAGLE DOWN. AFTER THE FISH HAD BEEN COOKED EVERYONE TASTED OF THIS FIRST HONORED SALMON. ONLY AFTER THE SALMON HAD BEEN TREATED TO A CEREMONY OF REVERENCE COULD THE FISHING BEGIN.
THE NOOTKA OF VANCOUVER ISLAND MADE A CEREMONIAL MASK OF RED CEDAR DEPICTING SEVEN SALMON TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPERHUMAN POWER THAT BROUGHT THE SALMON TO THE NOOTKA. SOME MEN CAUGHT HALIBUT WHICH COULD WEIGH 200 POUNDS OR MORE AS THEY PULLED IT ALONG THE SIDE OF A CANOE AND CLUBBED IT. THEY ALSO CAUGHT AN ARRAY OF FISH INCLUDING SMELT, CANDLEFISH, HERRING, AND EUCLACHON. THEY BUILT WEIRS FOR CATCHING SALMON, AND OTHER FISH. THE WEIR WAS A WOODEN FENCE THAT SPANNED THE RIVER. ONCE THE FISH WERE IN THE WEIR, THEY USED A 16FOOT HARPOON TO SPEAR THE FISH.THEY ALSO MADE NETS TO CATCH THE FISH. THEY MADE CANOES FROM CEDAR AND SAILED THE SEA TO CATCH HALIBUT, COD, SEA OTTERS, SEALS, AND WHALES!
THEY CAUGHT DEER, ELK, MOUNTAIN GOAT, MARTEN, BEAVER AND EDIBLE PLANTS. THEY USED THE CEDAR TREES FOR CANOES, HOUSING, WEAPONS, TOOLS, CONTAINERS AND TOTEM POLES, AS WELL AS MASKS. THEY MADE BASKETS, CLOTHING, AND ROPES FROM THE BARK.
THE NOOTKA OF VANCOUVER ISLAND USED THEIR CANOES ON THE SEA TO HUNT GRAY WHALES, RIGHT WHALES, AND HUMPBACK WHALES. THE WHALER WAS A CHIEF WHO PREPARED HIMSELF SPIRITUALLY FOR MONTHS TO ENSURE SUCCESS.
MANY OF THE HOUSES WERE BUILT PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND. SOME FAMILIES LIVED IN APARTMENTS ARRANGED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE VILLAGE. SOMETIMES A SINGLE HOUSE CONTAINED A VILLAGE.
THE TOTEM POLES WERE PLACED OUTSIDE OF A HOUSE AS WAY TO HONOR SPECIAL CLANS AND TO FOLLOW WAYS TO HELP SPIRITS RELATED TO THE GUARDIAN SPIRIT OF THE CLAN.THEY INCLUDED ANIMALS, FISH, BIRDS AND HEAVENLY BODIES. TOTEMS WERE MORE THAN EMBLEMS. THEY WERE SPIRITUAL GUIDES.
TLINGIT MOTHERS HONORED THEIR CLAN ANCESTORS SO PROFOUNDLY THAT THEY NAMED THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEM SO THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE DECEASED WAS REBORN IN THE CHILD THROUGH THE NAME. A PREGNANT WOMAN SPENT TEN DAYS IN A SPECIAL SHELTER AFTER GIVING BIRTH. A 10 YEAR OLD BOY LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER'S BROTHER AND HE TAUGHT HIM DISCIPLINE. HE WAS TAUGHT HOW TO CHOP WOOD AND HIS TRIBAL HISTORY AND HUNTING RITUALS. THE BOY WOULD INHERIT HIS UNCLE'S HOUSE.
GIRLS HAD THEIR OWN LESSONS TO LEARN. THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF A GIRL'S LIFE WAS THE ONSET OF MENSTRUATION. SHE WENT TO A HUT AND FASTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. SHE LEARNED CLAN TRADITIONS FROM HER FATHER'S SISTER, HER MOM, OR GRANDMOTHER. SHE ALSO MADE BASKETS. WHEN SHE REJOINED THE VILLAGE SHE HAD A BATH FROM HER RELATIVES WITH NEW CLOTHES, AND PIERCED HER LIP. THERE WAS A POTLATCH CEREMONY FROM HER FATHER'S SISTERS. AND SHE WAS PRESENTED AS READY FOR MARRIAGE. THEY HAD TO MARRY A PERSON FROM A DIFFERENT CLAN.
FAMILIES ARRANGED MARRIAGES TO STRENGTHEN CLAN RELATIONSHIPS AND TO BRING GREATER WEALTH TO THEIR FAMILIES. GIFT GIVING AND A SHOW OF WEALTH WAS A BIG PART OF MARRIAGE.
MANY NATIVE SOCIETIES BELIEVED THAT THE DEAD SHOULD NOT LEAVE THROUGH THE SAME DOOR THAT THE LIVING HAD USED. THEY WERE CREMATED. THEY USED THEIR DREAMS AND VISIONS TO PRODUCE ELABORATE CEREMONIAL MASKS FOR TELLING STORIES.
A MASK MAKER TALKED TO THE MASK AS HE MADE IT AND INCLUDED IMAGES THAT WERE POWERFUL BECAUSE OF THE FORCES. THEY REPRESENTED.
THE SHAMAN REPRESENTED AN IMPORTANT PERSON WHO HAD GREAT RESPECT AND COULD CURE, INFLUENCE WEATHER, AND ASSURED THE ABUNDANT SALMON HARVEST. THEY ALSO PREDICTED THE FUTURE AND BROUGHT VICTORY TO WAR. THEY HEALED PEOPLE AND INTERCEDED WITH SPIRITS ON BEHALF OF HIS OR HER PATIENT.
POTLATCH IS A CHINOOK WORD MEANING TO GIVE. IT WAS A MASSIVE FEAST GIVEN BY THE HOUSE OF ONE CLAN TO HONOR ANOTHER CLAN. SHARING FOOD AND GIFT GIVING GAVE EVERYONE TIME TO HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING.
TRUDY GRIFFIN
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THE NOOTKA OF VANCOUVER ISLAND MADE A CEREMONIAL MASK OF RED CEDAR DEPICTING SEVEN SALMON TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPERHUMAN POWER THAT BROUGHT THE SALMON TO THE NOOTKA. SOME MEN CAUGHT HALIBUT WHICH COULD WEIGH 200 POUNDS OR MORE AS THEY PULLED IT ALONG THE SIDE OF A CANOE AND CLUBBED IT. THEY ALSO CAUGHT AN ARRAY OF FISH INCLUDING SMELT, CANDLEFISH, HERRING, AND EUCLACHON. THEY BUILT WEIRS FOR CATCHING SALMON, AND OTHER FISH. THE WEIR WAS A WOODEN FENCE THAT SPANNED THE RIVER. ONCE THE FISH WERE IN THE WEIR, THEY USED A 16FOOT HARPOON TO SPEAR THE FISH.THEY ALSO MADE NETS TO CATCH THE FISH. THEY MADE CANOES FROM CEDAR AND SAILED THE SEA TO CATCH HALIBUT, COD, SEA OTTERS, SEALS, AND WHALES!
THEY CAUGHT DEER, ELK, MOUNTAIN GOAT, MARTEN, BEAVER AND EDIBLE PLANTS. THEY USED THE CEDAR TREES FOR CANOES, HOUSING, WEAPONS, TOOLS, CONTAINERS AND TOTEM POLES, AS WELL AS MASKS. THEY MADE BASKETS, CLOTHING, AND ROPES FROM THE BARK.
THE NOOTKA OF VANCOUVER ISLAND USED THEIR CANOES ON THE SEA TO HUNT GRAY WHALES, RIGHT WHALES, AND HUMPBACK WHALES. THE WHALER WAS A CHIEF WHO PREPARED HIMSELF SPIRITUALLY FOR MONTHS TO ENSURE SUCCESS.
MANY OF THE HOUSES WERE BUILT PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND. SOME FAMILIES LIVED IN APARTMENTS ARRANGED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE VILLAGE. SOMETIMES A SINGLE HOUSE CONTAINED A VILLAGE.
THE TOTEM POLES WERE PLACED OUTSIDE OF A HOUSE AS WAY TO HONOR SPECIAL CLANS AND TO FOLLOW WAYS TO HELP SPIRITS RELATED TO THE GUARDIAN SPIRIT OF THE CLAN.THEY INCLUDED ANIMALS, FISH, BIRDS AND HEAVENLY BODIES. TOTEMS WERE MORE THAN EMBLEMS. THEY WERE SPIRITUAL GUIDES.
TLINGIT MOTHERS HONORED THEIR CLAN ANCESTORS SO PROFOUNDLY THAT THEY NAMED THEIR CHILDREN AFTER THEM SO THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE DECEASED WAS REBORN IN THE CHILD THROUGH THE NAME. A PREGNANT WOMAN SPENT TEN DAYS IN A SPECIAL SHELTER AFTER GIVING BIRTH. A 10 YEAR OLD BOY LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER'S BROTHER AND HE TAUGHT HIM DISCIPLINE. HE WAS TAUGHT HOW TO CHOP WOOD AND HIS TRIBAL HISTORY AND HUNTING RITUALS. THE BOY WOULD INHERIT HIS UNCLE'S HOUSE.
GIRLS HAD THEIR OWN LESSONS TO LEARN. THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENT OF A GIRL'S LIFE WAS THE ONSET OF MENSTRUATION. SHE WENT TO A HUT AND FASTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS. SHE LEARNED CLAN TRADITIONS FROM HER FATHER'S SISTER, HER MOM, OR GRANDMOTHER. SHE ALSO MADE BASKETS. WHEN SHE REJOINED THE VILLAGE SHE HAD A BATH FROM HER RELATIVES WITH NEW CLOTHES, AND PIERCED HER LIP. THERE WAS A POTLATCH CEREMONY FROM HER FATHER'S SISTERS. AND SHE WAS PRESENTED AS READY FOR MARRIAGE. THEY HAD TO MARRY A PERSON FROM A DIFFERENT CLAN.
FAMILIES ARRANGED MARRIAGES TO STRENGTHEN CLAN RELATIONSHIPS AND TO BRING GREATER WEALTH TO THEIR FAMILIES. GIFT GIVING AND A SHOW OF WEALTH WAS A BIG PART OF MARRIAGE.
MANY NATIVE SOCIETIES BELIEVED THAT THE DEAD SHOULD NOT LEAVE THROUGH THE SAME DOOR THAT THE LIVING HAD USED. THEY WERE CREMATED. THEY USED THEIR DREAMS AND VISIONS TO PRODUCE ELABORATE CEREMONIAL MASKS FOR TELLING STORIES.
A MASK MAKER TALKED TO THE MASK AS HE MADE IT AND INCLUDED IMAGES THAT WERE POWERFUL BECAUSE OF THE FORCES. THEY REPRESENTED.
THE SHAMAN REPRESENTED AN IMPORTANT PERSON WHO HAD GREAT RESPECT AND COULD CURE, INFLUENCE WEATHER, AND ASSURED THE ABUNDANT SALMON HARVEST. THEY ALSO PREDICTED THE FUTURE AND BROUGHT VICTORY TO WAR. THEY HEALED PEOPLE AND INTERCEDED WITH SPIRITS ON BEHALF OF HIS OR HER PATIENT.
POTLATCH IS A CHINOOK WORD MEANING TO GIVE. IT WAS A MASSIVE FEAST GIVEN BY THE HOUSE OF ONE CLAN TO HONOR ANOTHER CLAN. SHARING FOOD AND GIFT GIVING GAVE EVERYONE TIME TO HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING.
TRUDY GRIFFIN
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