The Madrone Lands are Four Acres of Beautiful Green Land that is covered in Madrone Trees that are being set up, as a Not-For-Profit, to be left or given away, sometime in the next 10 Years, to a Stewards Council, which is to be Restored, as our Tribal Lands, and will then become part of our Network of Native Lands.
What? Yes. We intend to serve as a Demonstration of EcoLogical Integrity, and Land Restoration. Our Plan is to Restore these Native Lands, and to serve the needs of the People, who have been living for a long time, within our Greater Service Area, which extends from Mount Shasta, in Northern California, over to Arcata, down to Santa Cruz, and then over to the Foothills of the Sierras, and then back up to Mount Shasta.
Nothing is for sale. Right. And so work is involved, and not just money, but real time and energy, which is driven by a Deep and Lasting Faith in the Cause. That work over the years will all be credited, and the money will go into the Land Fund. And that will all go towards becoming one of the Land Stewards, within 10 Years.
Everyone who wants to join our Tribe, might want to make a Contribution, into the Land Fund. Money from that Fund will be used for Building Projects. And these Madrone Lands will be my Contribution. Others would be expected to make similar Contributions of Time and Money, Materials, and the use of Trucks and Equipment, over Ten Years. And then after Ten Years they will be counted among the Land Stewards.
This Project will be an EcoSystem Restoration Camp, with lots of Trees, which is Four Acres that are being Given Away, which we call the Madrone Lands, where we can begin to build a New Tribal Ethic of Service to the Earth, through the creation of other Local EcoSystem Restoration Camps, right here, on the North Coast, like one near a planned EcoVillage Community in Mendocino County. How will that work? We will be able to bring people up to the EcoVillage, in Eden Valley, and then we will simply ask who wants to get involved in the Restoration Camp nearby.
We will need to work hard, to Restore these first Four Acres of Native Lands, but then that work which we had begun, as our first EcoSystem Restoration Camp, will go towards an even Bigger Piece of Land, in Mendocino County, called the Eden Project, which will be over 2,000 acres, in Eden Valley, which will have its own EcoSystem Restoration Camp nearby.
The Contribution of my own Native Lands, which are the Madrone Lands, after they have been Restored, sometime in the next 10 Years, will kick off the beginning of an EcoLogical Land Cooperative. This first little Restoration Project, might be just the kind of thing that some of the Other People might want to get involved in, to Help Build, Restore, or Give Something, of their own Creation, or out of their own Resources, if they would like to make an Equitable Contribution.
The Land is Not ever going to be for Sale. It will be put into the form of a Not For Profit, within 10 Years. My Gift. But we all have to put something really Big into the Land, and to Contribute towards the Land Fund, and to work hard, as one of the True Believers, before we can be counted, among the Honorable Land Stewards. And what do we believe in? We Believe in Keeping the Earth Alive and Well.
All those who do put in their 10 Years worth, off and on, even if they don't have any large amounts of Money, will be counted among the Land Stewards, if they really have proven to be one of the People True, over the Years. And that means to be True to the Tribe, and True to the Cause, for a full 10 Years.
Everything we are doing here is for the Earth, and for the People True, and out of respect for the Yuki Indians, who had once lived in or around Eden Valley.
Maybe there should be some sense of recognition, as time goes on, when people have been productive, and creative, and generous with their time and resources.
The New People should be worthy of some recognition, when they have been here long enough to be worthy, of being counted among the New Natives, which might be their due, after having lived in these Native Lands, for Over 100 Years, and with some sign of Deep Roots going back at least 3 Generations.
The New Natives would then be included among those who have Deep Roots that go back to GrandMothers and GrandFathers, like at least 2 Grandparents, who were born here, in this Country, over 100 years ago, is how this thing works. These People would be invited to sit on the Native Council, regardless of Race, Gender or Ethnic configuration. Why? Because these are all things that we don't care much about. We can work with anyone, who is cooperative.
And this is all part of a larger plan to Save our Native Lands, and to Save the Earth, by establishing that these are all Native Lands, and that the Local Native People are to be the Stewards of these Native Lands, both here on the NorthCoast and All Around the World. And that means Local Decisions are given back to Local Councils.
Of course, it is an Honor, to be counted among the New Natives, which is like being a GrandMother, who is honored to be counted among the GrandMothers, and is honored before the Children and the GrandChildren, but it is not a minimum requirement.
It is all about reaching out to all the Other People, and not just the GrandMothers, with the Lean and Green Message, of a new way to Save the Earth, by starting right here, in our own small part of the world.
And in this way we honor the Native GrandMothers, and GrandFathers, all over the world, who are often treated like they are just squatters, who have no real claim to the place at all, and so have No Authority, just because they have no legal documents, even when they have lived there, as a people, for many generations. And so some recognition of their Native Authority needs to be made visible, after 3 Generations. And that is just another part of what we are creating here. We are creating a whole new thing called being the New Natives.
The New Natives are those, with over 3 Generations, and 100 Years, of Honor and Service, who have become Competent, Self Sufficient, and Creatively Productive People, who are self supporting people, who can help us, as we Lead the Transition, into a Native Way of Life, in Balance, here on the North Coast, and all around the world.
We think the New Natives should have some Native Rights to a Homeland, and we also think they should have some Lands and Homes, after all this time, of over 100 Years, and some say in protecting the waters and the wildlife habitat, one might think, and an honorable place within the Community, which could then be contributed to our newly forming Native Land Cooperative.
Getting some of these Native Rights established is just the Beginning, of our Worldwide Mission, as a Tribe, of establishing Native Land Rights, for all Native Peoples all over the Earth.
We are to be called Class Harmonists. We ask those who can, to Contribute their Homes and Properties, in keeping with Class Harmony. And this is all part of an EcoLogical Native Land Cooperative Initiative, throughout the North Coast, which could begin to form, if others would like to Contribute their Homes and Properties, so we can create a new relationship with these lands and the People, within our Greater Service Area, who might need a place to go, where they can get involved.
We are doing is building a New Tribe, with a New Culture. A New Tribe Needs Land, in order to better serve the needs of our own Local Economy, and Culture, which could otherwise spin right out of our hands.
And there will be a lot of people in our Greater Service Area, who are going to need a chance, to come to the EcoVillage, as a place of refuge, to find Peace and Healing.
But in Eden, all of the New People would need to be Trained, in Permaculture, just like a New Member, of a Shared Household.
Anything less than complete integration into that Shared Household would be a form of Colonization. And that would be like someone, who would not listen, and who would not learn, forcing their way, into a Shared Household. Right. That would be an Act of Violence. That is not Systems Change.
But creating a slightly different new world, with Native Sovereignty, could be seen as being the Next Big Step in achieving Local Autonomy. This is how we are Creating Change within the System. And that is how Systems Change really works. - T McC
The Eden EcoVillage Project
The NorthCoast Watershed Restoration Council
