Manitonquat

Medicine Story
Born Francis Story Talbot
17 July 1929
Massachusetts USA

Manitonquat (AKA Medicine Story; born Francis Story Talbot, July 17, 1929), is an American author of two books, and several more self-published booklets on New Age philosophy, spirituality, and community sociology. He has led workshops and rituals at the Rainbow Gatherings held by the Rainbow Family.[1] Since the 1970s, he has toured the United States and Europe teaching and lecturing on the adaptation of the application of philosophy to modern problems of society, community, and relationships.[2]

Manitonquat is a member of the Assonet Band,[3] a nonprofit corporation created in 1990[4] and based in New Bedford, Massachusetts.[4] The group asserts a connection with the Wampanoag Nation but is not recognized by the state[5] or Federal Government as a tribe, and has been criticized for not requiring proof of Wampanoag heritage as a condition of membership.[6] Manitonquat states in his biographical notes and publicity materials that he is a spiritual elder of the band.[7][8][9] He is associated with the prominent German intentional community ZEGG[10] and the "peace research village" Tamera in Portugal.[11]

Teachings

Manitonquat teaches that individualistic society is a source of unhappiness, and that cities are dehumanizing for their residents. He argues that it is better to live in small groups, with each group able to define its own rules and practices. He advocates for self-sufficient and environmentally-friendly communities.[12]

He has said "We're creating another world... The basic thing is: We're all equal. The basic thing is: We love this world we're on. We are the next spiritual transformation of humankind." [13]

Rainbow Gatherings

Manitonquat has describes his involvement in early Rainbow Gatherings as being important to the development of his beliefs. Describing an early gathering, he said "People stayed together all day on that mountain. We fasted and remained in silence until, sometime after noon, someone started singing an Arapaho chant. All of us took up that chant to honor the traditional caretakers of that land. When we left that gathering everyone had the feeling that something very important had happened, and was happening all over the world".[14]

Works

References

  1. ↑ Efstathiou, John (2013-10-14). "Μια θρυλική μορφή των Ινδιάνων παρουσιάζει το βιβλίο του στην Αθήνα (Legendary figure of the Indians presents his book in Athens)". star.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Hacker, Marianne (2011-06-15). "Indianische Lebensart in Wolfartsberg stößt auf Interesse (Native American way of life attracts interest in Wolfartsberg)" (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Wessinger, Catherine (2011-11-17). The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism. OUP USA. pp. 79–. ISBN 9780195301052. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 ASSONET WAMPANOAG INTER-TRIBAL COUNCIL, INC., Business Entity Summary, ID Number: 000327276. at Corporations Division, State of Massachusetts
  5. ↑ http://www.mass.gov/courts/docs/lawlib/eo100-199/eo126.txt
  6. ↑ Brooks, James (2002-07-01). Confounding the Color Line: The Indian-Black Experience in North America. U of Nebraska Press. p. 277. ISBN 9780803206281. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Edith Kirby (April 15, 1992), "Wisdom lightened by humor offered by native storytellers", Edmonton Journal
  8. ↑ John F. Kirch (May 9, 1993), "Watershed Fair Promotes Fun, Environment \ Friends Of Wachusett", Telegram & Gazette, p. B4, retrieved January 9, 2016
  9. ↑ Jessie Salisbury (July 6, 2005), "Foundation in Wilton teaching stewardship", The Telegraph (Nashua), retrieved January 9, 2016
  10. ↑ http://www.zegg.de/en/program/summer-camp.html
  11. ↑ https://www.tamera.org/fs/summer-university/
  12. ↑ Crippa, Michela (2012-08-24). "Manitonquat e l'ecovillaggio ispirato agli indiani d'America (Manitonquat and eco village inspired by the American Indian)" (in Italian). il Cambiamento. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Cohen, Michele (1987-07-04). "Rainbow Family `Comes Home` To Place Where Time Stands Still". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  14. ↑ Harvey, Paul; Goff, Philip (2010-06-01). The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America Since 1945. Columbia University Press. p. 109. ISBN 9780231510363. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  15. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/return-to-creation-a-survival-manual-for-native-and-natural-people/oclc/25375592
  16. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/children-of-the-morning-light-wampanoag-tales/oclc/26766636
  17. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/ending-violent-crime-a-vision-of-a-society-free-of-violence-a-community-building-program-tested-and-proven-successful-under-the-most-adverse-conditions-a-report-of-a-successful-prison-program/oclc/606426014
  18. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/ending-violent-crime-a-report-of-a-prison-program-that-is-working-and-a-vision-of-a-society-free-of-violence/oclc/276932702
  19. ↑ http://www.circleway.org/MettanokitOrder09.pdf
  20. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/original-instructions-reflections-of-an-elder-on-the-teachings-of-the-elders-adapting-ancient-wisdom-to-the-twenty-first-century/oclc/620131463
  21. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/have-you-lost-your-tribe-the-paradise-on-earth-now-under-construction-welcome-home/oclc/840494160
  22. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/title/thanksgiving-day-lets-meet-the-wampanoags-and-the-pilgrims/oclc/038861686
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