Xochitl, Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Pitzer Arboretum; Hendon Harris
When the world was a garden: Los Angeles' original inhabitants the Tongva tribe |
Pitzer College has a hidden treasure: a Native Tongva Garden (pitzer.edu) |
Native American Tongva, Chumash, Anasazi (Hopi, Puebloan peoples), and in fact all indigenous people made use of all of the plants at hand.
Berries were abundant, particularly a local favorite [alongside elderberry], the manzanita (Spanish "little apple") a.k.a. madrone. Sobochesh, as it was known to the Tongva, was useful to eat, drink, and use as natural medicine.
A lotion made of leaves is an excellent treatment for treating exposure to poison oak, or they can be simmered into a tea to cure diarrhea, urinary infections, and headaches, a poultice for skin sores... The blossoms are also useful.
Arroyo Seco Foundation (facebook), March 22 |
While berries are wonderful, every plant is useful, from yucca to sagebrush to wild buckwheat to black sage and, of course, sacred white sage... Pitzer College, at the eastern extreme of modern Los Angeles County, at the base of massive Mount Baldy, has prepared a hidden treasury of plant uses and folk cures.
Other Tongva Indians will be on hand along with Wisdom Quarterly this Saturday for the Fourth Annual Hahamongna Walkabout in JPL's front yard in Pasadena.
Native American (Tibetan) Buddhism
Native Wm Leclair with Buddhist brothers (BP) |
Gomari, Tibet/China (Rietje) |
QUESTION
Native dance, Hemis Gompa (Stella Peters) |
ANSWER: Hendon, we only know it's possible, and we wouldn't be the first to notice. We will have to consult with our non-resident expert, H.M. Harris, to see if it is probable. (We hope he reads this and sends us the answer soon).
- Native American Walkabout 2014 (March 22)
- Early Chumash and Tongva cultures (PDF)
- Native American Buddhism and Tibet
- The Tibet-Pueblo [American Indian] Connection
- Buddhism among the Pueblo Indians, USA
- Native American Ethnographic Study: Ventura
- A Sneak Peek into Santa Monica's "Tongva Park"
- Pitzer College (Claremont) John R. Rodman Arboretum
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