Manitonquat
The original instructions of the Wampanoag, related by Manitonquat
A reader writes: “This is one of my favorite books of all time. I continually buy them and give them to friends and students. In this book are lovely stories told by Manitonquat about a way of living according to our original instructions and open hearts. The way of the circle that includes everybody instead of the competitive way that we of the Anglo Saxon culture have been taught to live as contestants with each other competing for resources. Manitonquat learned from his grandfather a Wompanoag of New England these beautiful stories and attitudes towards people and all creation. These were the people who met the first Pilgrims, the people of Metacom. It shows another way of being human, the way of beauty, not the way of violence. It gives me hope that there is another way to live a peaceful loving way”
The book was a key experience for me. Manitonquat got me started. He became my role model (Dirk Schröder)
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