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>>11080552
The Pacific Northwest (Northern BC and Alaska) is a pretty interesting place right now in that many independent nations are currently reviving their traditions, cultural practices, nations, etc. while also standing against the current capitalist destruction of the environment. On an agricultural level, the practices of farming, seasonal migration, clam beds, etc. etc. are in many ways superior to western farming techniques and land ownership ideas.

It's still largely ignored outside of places with a geographic/racial tie to those traditions. That said, any would be traditionalist in the PNW would do good by themselves by learning woodcarving and getting initiated into some living artistic tradition. That's what I hope to do once I finish my studies, it's one of the few living traditions in the Americas. Although it's not an evangelical tradition, there are occasional cases of white people being initiated into different nations, Jordan Peterson being an example of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZZYMVvZwLQ

It's worth warning that the above documentary is somewhat idealized, the Haida in general are really good at projecting a certain cultural image and dominance, however they were also war loving slave owners that used to raid much more peaceful and decent nations along the coast. In general, there's a tendency among a lot of white people to idealize native groups as some sort of perfect noble savage, and this is far from the truth. Don't be naive. That said, the actions these nations are currently taking to restore traditions are worth looking into, because they stand against a world spirit which seeks to destroy tradition and atomize everyone into ahistorical consumers. There's also a tendency among North Americans to view history as something less than 300 years old, while these nations are keeping alive traditions and histories which are tied to the geography and go back thousands of years.