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Important Introduction to Southern California Religion,
By (un)leash (Land of Bunnies, Fausta) - See all my reviews
This review is from: December's Child: A Book of Chumash Oral Narratives (Paperback)
The Chumash Peoples live in a territory stretching from San Luis Obispo all the way to the Simi Hills bordering the San Fernando Valley. This important book documents some of their most important Sacred Stories, and gives insights into their views on the creation, the flood, the afterlife, the soul, and the forever wise/foolish adventures of Coyote.This is a book that everyone living in Southern California should read ; in fact, it should be required reading in the schools. However, I would like to see a second edition with commentary on the stories by contemporary Chumash peoples. Blackburn's beginning commentary, in my opinion, shows very little insight into the culture. These are amazing stories, but they are a little different than the mythology that most people are used to, so an insider's viewpoint on appreciating their special flavor would be very useful. Eventually, an entire commentary like rabbinical commentaries on the Torah will prove critical in demonstrating the inview on divinity and world these very special people have. A well-developed astrological system, a sophisticated notion of soul, an attunement with the creatures in this area ... there is much to be gleaned here. We must learn the aboriginal patterns of this land. For anyone in the Southern California area, this is a good beginning.
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Although the Chumash Indians seem to have engendered greater interest and respect among early explorers and missionaries than perhaps did any other group in California, they remain to this day a people shrouded in relative obscurity-an obscurity scarcely warranted by their obvious technological sophistication and general level of cultural complexity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santa Barbara, Santa Inez, Santa Cruz Island, Juan Moynal, Fernando Librado, Maria Solares, Dos Pueblos, Sir Cat, Zaca Lake, Coyote of the Sky, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Don Alejandro, Maria Tomasa, Point Conception, Smithsonian Institution, Calvary Cemetery, Jose Maria, North America, Rafael Solares, San Fernando, San Joaquin Valley New!
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Although the Chumash Indians seem to have engendered greater interest and respect among early explorers and missionaries than perhaps did any other group in California, they remain to this day a people shrouded in relative obscurity-an obscurity scarcely warranted by their obvious technological sophistication and general level of cultural complexity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Santa Barbara, Santa Inez, Santa Cruz Island, Juan Moynal, Fernando Librado, Maria Solares, Dos Pueblos, Sir Cat, Zaca Lake, Coyote of the Sky, San Luis Obispo, San Marcos, Don Alejandro, Maria Tomasa, Point Conception, Smithsonian Institution, Calvary Cemetery, Jose Maria, North America, Rafael Solares, San Fernando, San Joaquin Valley New!
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- Forms of Symbolic Action (American Ethnological Society Proceedings, 1957-1972, 1969) by Robert F. Spencer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Flesh of the Gods: The Ritual Use of Hallucinogens by Peter T. Furst in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- New Perspectives on the Pueblos (School of American Research Advanced Seminar Series) by Alfonso Ortiz in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Handbook of the Indians of California, with 419 Illustrations and 40 Maps (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 78) by A. L. Kroeber on page 1, and Back Matter
- The Study of Folklore by Alan Dundes in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Surviving Through the Days: Translations of Native California Stories and Songs by Herbert W. Luthin on 7 pages
- Tales of Santa Barbara: From Native Storytellers to Sue Grafton by Steven Gilbar in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Native America in the Twentieth Century : An Encyclopedia (Garland Reference Library of Social Science) by Mary B. Davis on page 113
- Sexualities in History: A Reader by Kim M. Phillips on page 180
- Sexualities in History: A Reader by Kim M. Phillips on page 180
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