Seeing Through Native Eyes

by Jon Young

Because they lived close to the land, native cultures the world over spoke the language of their place. They had an intimate understanding of plant and animal lifestyles. They knew how to move with grace and ease through the wilderness. Seeing through native eyes means immersing the senses in the natural world and discovering heightened spiritual awareness and a sense of belonging. Cd's cover awareness basics, tracking, plants and wandering skills, ecology and natural communities, trees and survival, and learning the language of the birds.

Genres: Nature, Audiobook

audio book

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Jon Young is on the leading edge of animal tracking and understanding bird language. He has been exploring animal communication for 35 years and was mentored by the famous tracker Tom Brown Jr. as well as a tribal elder in Africa. Jon developed the 8 Shields Cultural Mentoring System, a model that has influenced more than 100 nature programs in communities in the U.S., Canada, and Europe and is also creator of the Shikari Method for data collection, which is used by the USFWS. Jon has given over 1,000 public presentations and has mentored numerous students of his own. Married, with six children, Jon lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Reviews

[Audun Forgard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book!!! Ive had it in my repository of unlistened audiobooks for quite some time, and as I was recently in a situation that lent5 itself well to listening to full books, I finally got around not really knowing what I was listening to.
Then from a stranger talking in my ear about birds, replicating the occasional sqwak or tweet, sometimes mimicking the different rodents that roam a forest, talking about secret spots, the native indians influence on the US Constitution, the warning that came with it, as the americans went on with their great experiment - to talking about the skies, the shapes of twigs and pranches on the trees - the planets, the stars and the moon
- This book is very unusual in that its so comprehensive and offers to give you a greater insight to your own self through looking at the nature around you, and the awareness it brings.
This book was exactly what I needed to hear after having for many years done many things akin to what the author suggests, but not as directly as this - It really fills a gap in my own education, and one that was sorely missed. The bonus is that mr. Young reccomends people searching for this kind of knowledge start in the month of september or october, because the winter months lends themselves much better to studying in genearal, and nature in particular, since tracks are easier to spot, and the trees are naked. It is a good time for reflection.
I heartlily reccomend this one to everybody with half a brain

[Elizabeth Meadows · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a remarkable book! I'm one of those city folk who takes for granted the wildlife around me. I now know what my life is missing and I'm going to fix that. I suspect this very knowledge is what our country needs to be taught in schools. My only complaint was that the audio quality was often poor. I sincerely hope an improved recording can be produced at some point. Highly recommended!