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Indigenous people's wisdom

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2Muscogulus
Modifié : Juin 20, 2017, 8:43 am

Good excerpts. Some of them I think cannot be applied to all indigenous peoples, even all American Indians.

But my main question for the article editor would be: Why did you use a generic "Indian" painting (left) instead of an actual image of Luther Standing Bear (right)? I can think of reasons, but no good ones.

3elenchus
Juin 26, 2015, 1:52 pm

But my main question for the article editor would be: Why did you use a generic "Indian" painting (left) instead of an actual image of Luther Standing Bear (right)? I can think of reasons, but no good ones.

It's a good question. I don't have the answer, but suspect it's a combination of (a) avoiding copyright issues, and (b) having a (commercial?) relationship with Kirby Sattler such they want to promote the artist. If true, I think those are good reasons, but not good enough.

I further suspect the image you provide at right is out of copyright, given that Luther Standing Bear died in 1939.

4Muscogulus
Juin 29, 2015, 2:23 am

>3 elenchus:

It must be (b) because the photo is definitely out of copyright. It's available in Wikimedia Commons.

5Diane-bpcb
Juin 17, 2017, 1:05 am

The farming wisdom of Mesoamericans, as described in 1491 by Charles C. Mann, included their 'creation' of maize "almost from scratch."

I found this compendium of 20th c. learnings about indigenous peoples in the Americas no less than thrilling--although in the spirit of full disclosure, I have never been a scientist.

6Muscogulus
Juin 20, 2017, 8:49 am

1491 and 1493 have been on my wishlist for a long time now. Your post just gave them a bump. They deserve their own thread in this group.

7Muscogulus
Juin 20, 2017, 8:56 am

>2 Muscogulus: Why… use a generic "Indian" painting… instead of an actual image of Luther Standing Bear

I revisited the link posted by Urqhart and am pleased to see that the portrait of Luther Standing Bear is now in a prominent place at the head of the article.

8elenchus
Juin 20, 2017, 11:00 am

>6 Muscogulus:

They are on my recon list, I'd be very interested in any such thread.

9Diane-bpcb
Juil 18, 2017, 5:52 pm

Back to a tidbit from 1491 by Charles C. Mann --

From a 15th century Mesoamerican 'thinker/teacher', Nezahualcoyotl:

"Not forever on earth; only a little while here.
Be it jade, it shatters.
Be it gold, it breaks.
Be it a quetzal feather, it tears apart.
Not forever on earth; only a little while here."