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A review by creativerunnings
The Ohlone Way: Indian Life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area by Malcolm Margolin
fast-paced
2.0
I struggle a bit because the author goes way over the top in romanticizing the life of the Ohlone, native to the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. This is after clearly stating in the introduction that he "distrusted the modern image of [...] a faultless people who lived lives of idyllic peace and prosperity".
According to this book, life was milk and honey, people lived in complete harmony with nature and its animals, in absolute tolerance, and in utter abundance.
I'm baffled. What gives?
I can't quite tell, but it doesn't really seem as though the author has have Native American indigenous heritage with a Lithuanian mother and an "American father". But perhaps I'm wrong.
Now the book was published in 1978. I guess things were a little different then, and white voices got to overpower their counterparts of true indigenous origin. Thankfully we've moved, well, inched, along since then.
Anyway, I'm tempted to throw this against the wall. But it's also informative, even though there aren't any citations. I guess it's good to bring awareness to the Ohlone culture, especially back in 1978. So there's that.
According to this book, life was milk and honey, people lived in complete harmony with nature and its animals, in absolute tolerance, and in utter abundance.
I'm baffled. What gives?
I can't quite tell, but it doesn't really seem as though the author has have Native American indigenous heritage with a Lithuanian mother and an "American father". But perhaps I'm wrong.
Now the book was published in 1978. I guess things were a little different then, and white voices got to overpower their counterparts of true indigenous origin. Thankfully we've moved, well, inched, along since then.
Anyway, I'm tempted to throw this against the wall. But it's also informative, even though there aren't any citations. I guess it's good to bring awareness to the Ohlone culture, especially back in 1978. So there's that.