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From the Executive Director – Summer 2022
Dear Members and Friends,
The ancestral health community is at a crossroads. Despite our efforts and those of others in the human- and planet-health ecosystem, our community has not been successful in expanding public discourse to prioritize personal resiliency in the face of threats like COVID-19 and the ravages of modern disease.
Because of this need for more progress, Price-Pottenger recently launched a listening tour to gather information from healthcare experts to explore how we can better serve our shared community.
A repeating theme arose in these workshops that spoke to a way of living Dr. Price discovered among the Indigenous peoples he studied: all members of the community are welcome, all are supported, and all are necessary in sustaining the community’s well-being. This viewpoint propels our racial equity beliefs and is embedded in our future planning.
While some people may use nationality, religion, culture, skin color, and other qualities to separate us, the fact is that we are all one humankind, and we all have a rightful place on Mother Earth. This undeniable truth has been integral to the teachings of Bill Schindler, PhD – archeology professor, author, and ancestral technology expert – whom I was honored to interview for this issue of our journal.
Dr. Schindler and I, although not related, share more than just our last names. In his recent book Eat Like a Human, he explores origins of the human diet and traditional food practices, and provides 75 recipes to improve your health. We had a rich and fascinating dialogue during the National Association of Nutrition Professionals HEALCon 2022 conference in April. Dr. Schindler’s extensive knowledge is surpassed only by his warmth and generosity, which I was blessed to experience, as was everyone whom he encountered at HEALCon.
For those interested in planet health, we feature the article “Saving Salmon – From One Generation of Fisherwomen to the Next,” about Keyen Singer, a concerned high school senior and member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and her battle to restore threatened salmon populations and preserve the Indigenous traditions that are reliant on them.
Also in this issue, and of particular importance for those with digestive, liver, and gallbladder problems, Sarah Hung, ND, MSOM, LAc, provides actionable information to help us boost nutrient absorption and detoxification with natural herbs and foods.
Finally, in an excerpt from Dr. Weston A. Price’s 12th installment of his field studies published in The Dental Digest in the 1930s, we hear about what Price learned in his search for Indigenous peoples living on diets “limited completely to plant foods” in the South Pacific.
We owe a deep debt of gratitude to the experts who shared their concerns, hopes, and dreams for the future of public health in our workshops. As we expand our planning efforts to develop community-wide initiatives to empower personal resiliency, your financial support is more important than ever. Please donate generously at price-pottenger.org today, connect with us on social media, and share this journal and other Price-Pottenger natural health information with your friends and loved ones.
Wishing you robust health,
Steven J. Schindler
Executive Director
Published in the Price-Pottenger Journal of Health & Healing
Summer 2022 | Volume 46, Number 2
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