ECONESIA – Anthropology of Natives,

Urban & Naturalizing our Eco-culture

I’ve been studying Anthropology since 1970 in U.0. when earning a MS degree in Dreikurs family counseling ‘cooperative parenting’ & “Social Equality” That began my deep curio-sity about how cultures raise & love their children in peaceful & violent ways? I met few native (Oregon) Indians while growing up & wonder who they really are, how do they live? So began reading radical anthro books by Edward Hall – “Silent Language & Hidden Dimension”; “Body Language” - J. Fast; south sea cultures - Margaret Mead, Ashley Montague 3 - “Touching, Growing Young & Learning Non-aggression” & Marvin Harris deep cultural anthro professor.

The field of natural childbirth by LeBoyer MD - Birth without Violence & & Baby massage; Michel Odent MD – Waterbirthing & comparing “Nature of Birth & Breast-feeding” in many cultures, who I met & organized his presentations n Big Island, Hawaii ’91. I met many Indians in Oregon, Hawaii & natives in: Bali, Peru, Thailand, India, Guatemala, & Yucatan, Baha & Chiapas Mexico. I did some rituals with them, like native ‘sweat lodges’.& the Dear Dance with Don Jose of Hoichel Peyote Indian culture of Mexico.

My focus on social anthropology is how families birth &bonding, teach & learn to share, grow & cooperate together in peaceful communities. I love “The Continuum Con-cept” by Jean Liedloff on in-arms bonding w/kids. 2 vast multi cultural studies on parenting by James Prescott on “Pleasure & the sources of Violence” about affection & domination in families parenting children to be peaceful or violent. The other multi-cultural survey is large book SAHARASIA – by James DeMeo (Reichian) detailing the patterns thru history of Patrism & violence on earth from Sahara Africa to Mid-east, central

Asia & beyond over millennia. A deeper study of newly found primitive communal family cave culture called “The Gentle Tasaday” 1970s by John Nance a sensitive photo journalist from Oregon I knew in Portland 1980s.

I still have ??s about

1. How did/do native village parents live in harmony with nature & family

in sustainable healthy ways

2. How they get, hunt, grow & harvest/forage food prepared for nourishing

health & healing?

3. How do we cooperate together respecting social equality, fairness & honesty

4. How creative, inspired & adventuring are children & parents together.

5. How Healthy far family & village members, how do they heal sickness.

6. What are their/our spiritual beliefs, agree-ments, rituals, needs, goals?

Some other inspiring books

The Healthy Hunza – J.I. Rodale,

The Little Ice Age” Brian Fagan;

John Holt on Learning & homeducation;

Ivan Illich on multi cultural dynamics.

Permaculture – organic home-steading in many cultures, building & growing food, animals, foraging & making herbal goods for healing. Shabono & Witches’ Dream – Donner.

“Into the Heart, Amazon Beaming & Wizard of the Upper Amazon” deep story books of primitive life in Amazon.

Fiction novels:

Ecotopia & Ecotopia Emerging - Callenbach, &

Amazon – goddess in ancient Greece - Barbara Walker;

The 5^th Sacred Thing – Starhawk,

Always Coming Home – Ursula LeGuin ;

The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You – Dorothy Bryant;

The Fast Runner – movie of Alaskan Eskimos;

Clan of the Cave Bear book & movie; & The Emerald Forest” movies.