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http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/07/15/amazon-tribe-creates-500-page-traditional-medicine-encyclopedia-161078Amazon Tribe Creates 500-Page Traditional Medicine
In one of the great tragedies of our age, indigenous traditions, stories, cultures and knowledge are winking out across the world. Whole languages and mythologies are vanishing, and in some cases even entire indigenous groups are falling into extinction. This is what makes the news that a tribe in the Amazonthe Matsés peoples of Brazil and Peruhave created a 500-page encyclopedia of their traditional medicine all the more remarkable. The encyclopedia, compiled by five shamans with assistance from conservation group Acaté, details every plant used by Matsés medicine to cure a massive variety of ailments.
"The [Matsés Traditional Medicine Encyclopedia] marks the first time shamans of an Amazonian tribe have created a full and complete transcription of their medicinal knowledge written in their own language and words," Christopher Herndon, president and co-founder of Acaté, told Mongabay in an interview (in full below).
The Matsés have only printed their encyclopedia in their Native language to ensure that the medicinal knowledge is not stolen by corporations or researchers as has happened in the past. Instead, the encyclopedia is meant as a guide for training new, young shamans in the tradition and recording the living shamans' knowledge before they pass.
"One of the most renowned elder Matsés healers died before his knowledge could be passed on so the time was now. Acaté and the Matsés leadership decided to prioritize the Encyclopedia before more of the elders were lost and their ancestral knowledge taken with them," said Herndon.
Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/07/15/amazon-tribe-creates-500-page-traditional-medicine-encyclopedia-161078
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Amazon Tribe Creates 500-Page Traditional Medicine Encyclopedia (Original Post)
G_j
Mar 2016
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felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)1. K&R What a treasure
perhaps this may help to preserve more forests.
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,850 posts)2. K&R Thanks for the post. nt
ebayfool
(3,411 posts)3. Kicking for more eyes! And rec'd! n/t
Octafish
(55,745 posts)6. Remarkable! Thank you, Acaté! Thank you, G_j!
That is one amazing organization.
http://acateamazon.org/
This is very exciting as time is passing!
malaise
(269,057 posts)8. This is magnificent
Oh Yes!
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Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)9. What a treasure!
Here's a local Southwest herbalist treasure:
http://www.swsbm.com/
MoreGOPoop
(417 posts)11. Fantastic link!
Thanks for that!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)12. You are welcome!
kentauros
(29,414 posts)18. This one isn't local, but I do use it from time to time:
Botanical.com
Plus, they include the drawings/paintings of the plants, which is a nice touch
Thanks for your link, too! Bookmarked now
Plus, they include the drawings/paintings of the plants, which is a nice touch
Thanks for your link, too! Bookmarked now
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)20. That is a great site!
G_j
(40,367 posts)19. Thanks!
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)10. But will it be available on Amazon?
narnian60
(3,510 posts)13. Awesome.
For 25 years, I proudly taught my fifth graders about the wondrous rainforests of the world and the danger of their demise. This is fantastic news for me and future generations.
so glad to hear this!
MisterP
(23,730 posts)15. man, Tim Minchin's gonna shit a Monsanto-stamped brick
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)16. Thanks Jeff Bezos!
Oh wait.....
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)21. Does anyone currently in college care?