{"id":1100,"date":"2012-06-13T14:43:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T14:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.malcs.org\/archive-2017\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2012-06-13T22:12:07","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T22:12:07","slug":"review-of-earth-wisdom-by-yolanda-broyles-gonzalez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2012\/06\/13\/review-of-earth-wisdom-by-yolanda-broyles-gonzalez\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Earth Wisdom<\/em> by Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez"},"content":{"rendered":"

From member and Chicana Yaqui Author Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez:<\/em>
\n\"Yolanda\u00c2\u00a0(Cross-posting from change the word<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The Launching: Chumash book is history and medicine. When the stories awaken, stories that heal<\/p>\n

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News<\/a><\/p>\n

Launching the book,\u00c2\u00a0Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman<\/em>, Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez spoke with the magic of a storyteller, as she shared the stories of Pilulaw Khus, elder of the Northern Chumash Bear Clan, and co-author of the book.<\/p>\n

Weaving beauty and truth, Broyles-Gonzalez spoke sharp words for the anthropologists who have attempted to divide and conquer\u00c2\u00a0the Chumash. She said\u00c2\u00a0the book opens the chasm of the violence and slavery that is part of California’s unspoken history, and it offers the solace of the balm of healing.Broyles-Gonzalez, Chicana\/Yaqui author and professor of Mexican American Studies and Raza Studies at the University of\u00c2\u00a0Arizona, launched the book tonight\u00c2\u00a0in partnership with the Native American magazine Red Ink.<\/p>\n

“I want to thank Red Ink for their big hearts,” she said.Broyles-Gonzalez began by recognizing the original spirit of the land and the original people of this\u00c2\u00a0land, the Tohono O’odham. She also honored\u00c2\u00a0the Yaqui elders and people who live here. Then she spoke on the spirit of the land and the struggle to protect the sacred lands of the Chumash people in central California. \u00c2\u00a0Although the region around Santa Barbara is\u00c2\u00a0known as a resort area to many,\u00c2\u00a0it is the sacred place of the Chumash. \u00c2\u00a0Just north of Santa Barbara is where the Chumash spirit begins its journey home.<\/p>\n

“This is an extremely happy day,”\u00c2\u00a0Broyles-Gonzalez said, adding that she had spoken with Khus on the phone three times today. \u00c2\u00a0“She is here in spirit,” she said of Khus, who\u00c2\u00a0sent her greeting, “This is a very happy day for both of us.”There were also clear words\u00c2\u00a0for anthropologists. “We take issue with anthropologists,” Broyles-Gonzalez\u00c2\u00a0said. She said in Chumash territory, power hungry anthropologists have attempted to divide and conquer the people, the way anthropologists have done in so many places. “Who gives them the right to decide who is Chumash.”<\/p>\n

At\u00c2\u00a0the popular Antigone Books on busy Fourth Avenue on Friday, Feb. 3, it was more than a book signing. Broyles-Gonzalez said it was a launching and the first time\u00c2\u00a0she has\u00c2\u00a0spoken on the book. \u00c2\u00a0Broyles-Gonzalez, who went to high school here, spoke of what is happening to Arizona.<\/p>\n

\"Cover<\/a>“Arizona seems to be going backward all the time,”\u00c2\u00a0Broyles-Gonzalez said, pointing out that Mexican American Studies was recently prohibited\u00c2\u00a0at Tucson public schools. \u00c2\u00a0She said the book’s launch brings sanity\u00c2\u00a0at this time and\u00c2\u00a0is to elevate environmental consciousness. It also\u00c2\u00a0means that\u00c2\u00a0Chumash will now occupy print culture. Further, Broyles-Gonzalez said\u00c2\u00a0the book’s launch affirms the role of women in Native societies and affirms tribal sovereignty. \u00c2\u00a0She said the book was written for the purpose \u00c2\u00a0of recovery from genocide and recovery from historical trauma….<\/p>\n

TO READ FURTHER VISIT\u00c2\u00a0change the word<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0site
\nEarth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman can be ordered from the University of Arizona Press<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From member and Chicana Yaqui Author Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez: \u00c2\u00a0(Cross-posting from change the word) The Launching: Chumash book is history and medicine. When the stories awaken, stories that heal By Brenda Norrell, Censored News Launching the book,\u00c2\u00a0Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman, Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez spoke with the magic of a storyteller, as she shared the stories […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-announcements","7":"category-general-news","8":"entry","9":"override"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":914,"url":"https:\/\/malcs.org\/archive-2017\/2012\/02\/02\/book-release-party-for-earth-wisdom-a-california-chumash-woman\/","url_meta":{"origin":1100,"position":0},"title":"Book Release Party for Earth Wisdom: A California Chumash Woman","author":"Theresa Delgadillo","date":"February 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"DR. 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