deeAuvil: 2021

Sunday, April 18, 2021

About @deeAuvil

I am a descendant of the Long Hunters (WP). I am utterly fascinated by their lives. There was a list started at WeRelate by Quolla6 and then he didn't have time to work on it so I have taken it on and what I am trying to do is make sure each Long Hunter has a WeRelate profile and then we try to find anything we can about them. The list is here. If you are a Long Hunter descendant please join the FaceBook group.

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My research explores the preservation and transmission of family histories, ethnobotanical knowledge of medicinal and food plants, and the cultural geography of ancestral communities.

Ethnobotany studies the relationships between people and plants, including how communities use plants for food, medicine, clothing, shelter, tools, dyes, and spiritual or ceremonial purposes. I am especially interested in how this knowledge passes from one generation to the next.

My education in ethnobotany came through direct study with four mentors:

Jeannine Parvati Baker, Midwife (WP)

GentleWind, Iroquois

Spokane Free University

He used the curriculum of

Dr John R Christopher

Dorothy Brown

Spokane Mushroom Club

(FB)

(SpokesmanReview)

Sharon Hodges-Rust, Midwife

Catherine dee Auvil’s Ethnobotany Library: I have a library, Library Thing coming this winter. And I have a curriculum but I need a place for my library (my house is too small). Working on that right now.

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I use Ancestral Continuity Studies to describe the work of remembering, researching, honoring, and caring for our ancestors. It brings together family history, oral tradition, archival research, and the documentation and protection of burial practices. It also makes room for the ways people remain connected to their ancestors through prayer, remembrance, ritual, and spiritual practice.

Follow along while I pursue Canadian citizenship by descent.

FamilySearch’s Stance on the Use of Oral Tradition as a Genealogical Source

Oral History vs Oral Tradition

Best Friend Genealogy (2015)

My Werelate Profile (cthrnvl)

As a genealogical cartographer, I trace families through time and place. Records, oral traditions, maps, photographs, and descendants’ knowledge help me chart where ancestors lived, traveled, gathered, and were laid to rest.

A Historical-Geographic Correlation of the Thomas Bailey Christian Shawnee Oral Tradition

Important Places to Southeast Indians Map (2011)

Elinipsico's Town 1877 Map

1662 Totopotomoy Map