Randy Lewis | June 11, 2021 Randy Lewis (K'ayaxan) joins Nick Zentner. Colville Confederated Tribal member Randy Lewis is a descendant of the Wenatchi/P'squosa, Methow, and Okanagon bands. Part 3 of 4.
Outstanding. Thank you, Randy, for sharing your knowledge and memories of days gone by. Glad to see you looking well. Thank you, Nick, for making it happen!
Really very special, Nick. Pass the gratitude on to Randy. He brings the Native human perspective into focus through the spirit eyes of the child in seamless contrast with events occurring millions of years ago when the basalt-forming flows created the fresh stone upon which Bretz's floods came roaring to so swiftly sculpt.
I love hearing Randy's wisdom. Thank you Nick for filming this and becoming friends with Randy and sharing him with us. He is a treasure we are lucky to get to know.
Thank you Randy for the story of your people, and the voice of the land. I love the stories of my elders. As a grandfather I love telling my stories and passing on history of people and the land we share.
I love how cultural anthropology and geology and storytelling all merge together when you and Randy Lewis visit these powerful places. Thank you Randy for your ability to bridge cultures, and thank you, Nick, for your gift of being an ever-curious student to the amazing people you somehow collect in your orbit.
Thank you for the stories and wisdom Randy. The mariposa lilies are gorgeous. I planted serviceberries in my yard many years ago and they are just finishing blossoming - I fell in love with them while working in SE Alaska.
My husband did research in the area ( on native rodents adapted to the dry environmental so they barely need water) we had lots of free during the day to explore the plants and geology etc so glad i got to do that. The people who we had been told were unfriendly turned out to be just the opposite. They were kind and friendly and if we stopped by to tell them we were there and why we were on their land, the visits ended up being long, hard to leave and they shared food with us.
I always love listening to Randy Lewis because of the wisdom that he shares. And his bracelet is to die for! Wow! Hi Nick, and thanks so much for this video!
Thanks Nick! Randy is such a treasure. I understand what he is saying about being poor yet not really poor, because they could do so much with so little. I grew up poor by many standards but didn’t realize it until I was an adult. We kids (grumbling) would pick strawberries and black berries and mom would make jam out of them. We were rich in experience and life but poor in material things. I so appreciate Randy’s depth of perspective.
Splendid that this is being shared; I could write pages about the thoughts and emotions it brings up. I'll just mention that I had no idea that the Mariposa Lily was prevalent in the PNW, it's definitely a well-loved plant in central California. Not aware that the bulbs could be eaten, ask Randy if they're cooked first!
The big things are easy to see and love. But the small things matter just as much. I love the learning and sharing here. It's important. Imagine if we could relate more science, along side the human imagination and history and we got to enjoy the picture on multiple levels. That's what this video experience feels like. It's good. It's useful!
Hey Nick, luv all of your lectures and content. Perhaps I'm blind, but where is part 1 and part 2 of the Randy Lewis in Moses Coulee? I looked back almost a year and I don't see them.
Mariposa, Spanish for butterfly: "Mary, alight (pose, rest)," probably from the habit of butterflies of flitting from plant to plant and flower to flower, as filtered through children's games in which the named child (Mary, Maria) would pretend to be a butterfly and sit or squat.
Our Elders (the Women) pass onto us the use of plants, how much, how to prepare, how to keep. AI cannot pass on the information. I hope people are listening.
