307: Farming "Life Skills" For Children

4/19/21 by Hilda Labrada Gore

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What "life skills" do our children need to be able to navigate successfully in this world of ours? Leigh Merinoff, of Meadows Bee Farm in Vermont, is empowering children to explore their role in the wonders of regenerative farming, food production, herbal medicine and the traditional farm arts. Through her Meadows Bee Young Farmers Program, children learn how to milk & care for cows, how to tend sheep, grow food, sew, prepare ferments, and more. Along the way, they grow in their observation skills, critical thinking and compassion for and understanding of nature. These are the kind of life skills that promise a bright future for humanity and the planet. Check out Meadows Bee Farm. Go to holistichilda.com to sign up for her event at Polyface. Become a member of the Weston A. Price Foundation. Visit Bordeaux Kitchen Naturals. Rate and review our podcast.

This Hairless Mexican Dog Has a Storied, Ancient Past

With a history going back more than 3,500 years, the xoloitzcuintli dog played a significant role in Precolumbian life.

BY KRISTIN ROMEY

PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 22, 2017

To the ancient Aztec and Maya, man's best friend was also a hairless, ugly-cute healer, occasional food source, and, most importantly, guide to the Underworld.

Sometimes known as the Mexican Hairless dog, the xoloitzcuintli (pronounced "show-low-itz-QUEENT-ly") gets its name from two words in the language of the Aztecs: Xolotl, the god of lightning and death, and itzcuintli, or dog. According to Aztec belief, the Dog of Xolotl was created by the god to guard the living and guide the souls of the dead through the dangers of Mictlán, the Underworld.

One of the most ancient dog breeds of the Americas, researchers believe the ancestors of the xoloitzcuintli (or 'xolo' for short) accompanied the earliest migrants from Asia and had developed into the breed seen today by at least 3,500 years ago. The xolo's hairlessness (save for a tuft or two of hair on top of the head or on the tail) is the result of a genetic mutation that is also responsible for the dog's lack of premolars. This distinctive dental trait makes identifying the remains of xolos in archaeological contexts relatively easy.

Ceramic vessels in the shape of xolo dogs are frequently found in 2,000-year-old tombs in western Mexico.

Xolos appear in ancient Mesoamerican art often with pointed ears and wrinkly skin to indicate their hairlessness. The most frequent depictions take the form of small ceramic vessels known as Colima Dogs for the modern state in western Mexico where they are commonly found. In Colima and the neighboring states of Nayarit and Jalsico, archaeologists estimate that more than 75 percent of burials from the Preclassic period (ca. 300 B.C to A.D. 300) contain these vessels, which may have served as symbolic dog guides to help the soul of the dead travel through the Underworld.

These hairless canines also caught the eye of European chroniclers such as Christopher Columbus and the 16th-century Spanish missionary Bernadino de Sahagún, who describes how the Aztecs would tuck xolos in blankets at night to keep them warm. The dogs' fur-free bodies also serve as excellent heat conductors, making them a kind of ancient hot-water bottle for the ill and the elderly. "They know when you're sick," observes Kay Lawson, a 20-year xolo breeder and past president of the Xoloitzcuintli Club of America. "They zero right in to where it hurts."

The xoloitzcuintli was nearly eaten into extinction by hungry Spanish settlers.

Along with turkeys, xolos were one of the only domesticated animals eaten by ancient Mesoamericans. The conquistadors developed such an appetite for the convenient canine protein source when they arrived in the New World that they nearly ate the xoloitzcuintli into oblivion, says archaeologist Marc Thompson, director of the Tijeras Pueblo Museum.

By the time the xolo was officially recognized in Mexico in 1956, the breed was nearly extinct. Today, however, these ancient dogs are experiencing a revival, especially among people who are allergic to their furry counterparts. But they're not for everyone, Lawson warns.

"You really have to be thinking [with xolos] all the time," she says. "They open doors, they open crates. This is a primitive dog. They're extremely intelligent."

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/hairless-dog-mexico-xolo-xoloitzcuintli-Aztec

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1305: The abolitionist horizon / Mariame Kaba

3/9/21 by This is Hell!

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Organizer Mariame Kaba on state violence, the possibilities of police and prison abolition, and her book "We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice" from Haymarket Books.

https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us

#514 - The Warrior Society Part 1 (Feat. Tekarontake)

3/8/21 by John Kane

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Paul Delaronde (Tekarontake) joins John to discuss the formation of The Warrior Society. Starting from their humble origins as a male singing society touring native territories, all the way up to arming themselves and protecting various native communities when called upon. Join Paul and John as they discuss the formation, funding, organizing, social programs and impact of The Warrior Society over the past several decades and their continued influence on present day Native activists.

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"ABYA YALA is the name by which the continent that today is named America is known, which would literally mean land in full maturity or land of vital blood." •• "Different native nations also gave different names to the continent in their respective languages ​​according to their own specific cultural visions of the concept of continent or territory (Mayab in the case of the Mayas of the current Yucatan Peninsula), visions that are not identified with the Spanish idea of ​​the continent." •• "Currently, in different indigenous organizations, communities and institutions and their representatives from all over the continent prefer its use to refer to the continental territory, instead of the term America." •• "The use of this name is assumed as an ideological position by those who use it, arguing that the name 'America' ​​or the expression 'New World' would be typical of the European colonizers and not of the original peoples of the American continent." •• "Abya Yala in the Guna language means 'land in full maturity', or land in flourishing, mature land, as opposed to the term New World given after the Spanish conquest." •• "The leader of the Aimara people, Takir Mamani, defends the use of the term 'Abya Yala' in the official statements of the governing bodies of the indigenous peoples, declaring that 'placing foreign names on our villages, cities and continents is equivalent to submitting our identity at the will of our invaders and their heirs.'" • https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abya_Yala • 20210424-044236 • https://t.me/s/AbyaYalaRPI/13 ••

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Accountability

4/23/21 by Delmar, Adrian, Hersh, & Cordell

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It is easier to build strong children, than repair broken men.

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