Member: BelannaChiana

CollectionsYour library (200), Wishlist (2), All collections (202)

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TagsNative American (2), Poetry (2), Cherokee (2), American Indian (2), Tsalagi (2), German Language (2), Biology (1), Archaeology (1), Classics (1), Firearms (1) — see all tags

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Groupsanarchism, Ancient History, AP Parents ( Attachment Parenting Support and Resources ), Atmospheric science, BookMooching, Chinese American History, Ecology and the environment, Fat Activists, Fiber Arts, Herbal — show all groups , Japanese Culture, Maps and Atlases, Native/First Nations Literatures & Studies, Paleontology, Practical Organic Vegetable Growers, Radical History, Raw Vegan Food, Social science, STOP ANIMAL TESTING!!!, Sustainability, Taoism, The Appalachian Way, vegan, Vegetarians and vegans

Favorite authorsSherman Alexie, Paula Gunn Allen, Marija Gimbutas, Heide Gottner-Abendroth, Ivan Illich, Daniel Quinn (Shared favorites)

About meMixed-blood vegan pagan anarchist bibliophile with a strong interest in social sciences, material culture, languages, indigenous cultures, geography, ecology, conservation, animal rights, place, and anciently-rooted religions. Most species are evolved to work with their environment and occupy a niche within biodiversity (or they were, anyway, before humans started facilitating massive bioinvasion), and I'm interested in why and how so many modern humans resist this and attempt to turn everything either into humans or to human use, and how our species can get back to having an ecological niche like a normal, respectable species.

I also share an interest along with my boyfriend, a fighter/AR activist/home care nurse, in mixed martial arts and muay thai boxing, gathering wild edibles, organic gardening, permaculture, feminism, Fat Acceptance, fiber arts, ecological and alternative building, learning languages, pagan religions, attachment parenting, natural childbirth, natural health, natural living, and adoption. We have a particular interest in Crow Indian (Apsaalooke), Cherokee (Tsalagi), and Saponi culture because those are our particular Native heritages. We are both mixed blood, so we are also interested in learning more about other parts of our shared and individual backgrounds and the history, prehistory, and traditional religions of those regions and cultures, as well as others which do not personally relate to us both for general interest and specifically because we may adopt and want to be able to teach the child about their cultural heritage. We are also deeply interested in veganism and animal rights and would like to operate an animal sanctuary in the near future.

I am new here, so I am probably going to be slowly adding my large library and wishlist. For now I am taking a break from documenting my library, a lot of my books are packed to move now and will be staying that way for a bit, and I haven't signed up for the additional membership to list more than 200 books yet. I probably need to update the list I have little bit also, a few of those may have been shared with others and are out of my possession indefinitely.

I am a member of Bookmooch and PBS, so if you want to see what I have to swap, please see the links on my profile to my pages there. On Bookmooch I offer a 3 for 2 deal. On PaperbackSwap I offer 4 for 3. I'm also on Swaptree but it doesn't link up with here from what I can tell.

About my libraryI collect books on anthropology, archaeology, history, geography (especially maps, atlases, GIS, power of place), ecology, conservation, science, nature, geology, Native American studies, indigenous rights, languages, political science, anarchism, Classics, ancient paganism, modern paganism (including reconstructionist movements, goddess movement, archaeomythology, Vanatru/Asatru, Hellenic paganism, Vodou, Candomble, African traditional religions, etc.), Asian studies, Kuan Yin, Taoism, religious studies (but not Abrahamic religions except in a nontraditional sense, preferably one with pagan connections), mixed martial arts, muay thai boxing, veganism, animal rights, operation of animal sanctuaries and shelters, gathering wild edibles, organic gardening, feminism, Fat Acceptance, attachment parenting, homebirth, natural childbirth, natural health, natural living, adoption, sustainable living, ecological and alternative building, sustainable agriculture, NGOs.

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LocationPennsylvania, USA

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Common KnowledgeSeries (9), Awards (40), Characters (37), Places (15)

Member sinceJul 30, 2009