Calling to the White Tribe: Rebirthing Indigenous, Earth-Saving Wisdom

Despite what you might think based on my two star review, I didn't hate this book. Ed McGaa has an important message to send, and he has written some respectable books in his time.....but, I just didn't like this one. The first thing that is striking about this book is the amount of rage that seems to be lurking just under the surface while you read it. You get the impression that just because the non-Native American population of America hasn't adopted his prescription for a better tomorrow, somehow that means we are all a bunch of idiots who just burn tires on our lawns and pave over natural wetlands with impunity. This is a not a fair picture to paint of the non-Native American population. Native Americans in the United States and Canada do not hold a monopoly on concern for the environment, and pollution is not such an ignored issue here in America that only by appealing to Europeans can the world be saved. (That is essentially the premise of the book, by the way. The "White Tribes" that McGaa is calling out to are supposed to be Europeans, because McGaa has apparently given up in frustration on the "White Man" here in America.) This book is also a bit distressing because is shows a disturbing lack of understanding of the native cultures of Europe. First of all, the book makes it sound as if all Europeans are Celtic....they are not. It also makes it sound as if all native peoples are concerned with conservation...they are not. Some of the best work in modern thinking on deep ecology comes out of Norway, but the ancient peoples of Norway were not known for being concerned with conservation. In fact, clear cutting practices and other "unsustainable" practices were not uncommon for native peoples of Northern Europe. In point of fact, it is the progressive style government and scientific thinking that is so common in Norway that has given birth to exceptional hydro-power electrical plants and a general attitude of concern for valuable natural resources. Going back to "native roots" would be a huge step backward, for a country like Norway.This book was just not a joy to read. It is full of anger, dubious facts, and a regressive view of humanity that doesn't fit the realities of history. I suggest staying clear of this one.

I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this book. I had heard a lot about it and read bits and pieces. I loved it !! Beyond love actually. McGaa was always a warrior, especially for the Earth . This is a beautiful challenge for the White Race, especially we white Americans. I find it humorous that this book was written for the European nations to help regain lost Celtic spiritual pathways, when it is we white Americans who should seriously contemplate what's within these pages. I'm sort of seeing a full circle here....Europeans arrive from across the big waters seeking life and find Indians......now an Indian takes it back across the big waters to the Europeans seeking life.....for the entire planet.

Okay

The title caught me. As all of his works it is a good read.

For those of us that are disenchanted with traditional religion. Ed provides a new path for our relationship Mother Earth. It’s time to wake up our genetic memories as indigenous people of this planet. Ed provides the way.

Great book by a great author.

I've always enjoyed Ed's books.

Sometimes it takes 'an outsider' to remind us that we must first look within to bring about necessary change. Part history lesson, part moral reminder with more than a cynical pinch of 'wake up' salt, this book packs a punch. The reader is educated, entertained and at times brow-beaten into looking at what really matters in this life. Ed McGaa, 'Eagle Man', never from his truth and once again he delivers a book that encourages us to regain ours and stand up for it.