About

From Don's original “About” section: The purpose of this website is to document and share some of the spiritual communications of the Kumeyaay and Tipai Native Americans portrayed in their pictographs and petroglyphs. We are fortunate that these paintings survived the cultural genocide of the Kumeyaay way of life. This art reflects a state of intimate, natural resourcefulness and respect, that mankind rarely achieves. Some expressions are seemingly simple and others are quite elaborate. Nearly all of them have never been previously published and most have not even been observed by professionals who specialize in this field. A good portion are no longer visible with ordinary vision or digital photography. They are rapidly disappearing, mostly from natural causes. Others may not have been seen in hundreds of years. We welcome you to walk through prehistory and ancient history with the Tipai Shaman and artists who created a remarkable culture in which they and their habitat thrived harmoniously.

Our book was featured on the award-winning series that carefully and compassionately explores the Kumeyaay culture past and present. Elsa Sevilla reviews the rock art in our first book in conjunction with commentary by Kumeyaay elders. Also, various archaeologists in our group provide a scientific context as to what we know about these Shamanistic communications. Elsa's review of many aspects of Kumeyaay life is completely engaging and all programs in her series, Historic Places, are educational and highly recommended for anyone interested in Native Americana.

To view the episode, please click here: https://www.pbs.org/video/government-and-family-structures-fts2qk/