Boys and Girls in Space

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Lucio de Souza Coelho"
wrote:
>
> On 6/20/06, Robert wrote:
> (...)
> > the roman attempt may have failed but the native american version
> > thrieved. i dont know if it was all tribes that did so or only
some,
> > but they beleived that it was the responsibility of the entire
tribe
> > to raise the children. if a female had a child with out having
the
> > desire to raise it, there were others that would aid in that.
same
> > with with the father, if he did not take care of it, (while he
was
> > being osterzised for it) others would take care of the child.
> (...)
>
> It should be noticed though that within a native American (or
native
> Brazilian, getting an example closer to me) village everyone was to
> some degree relative to everyone. So it is more like a culture were
> big extended families - mothers, grandmothers, fathers,
grandfathers,
> uncles, cousins - live close to each other and take care of each
> other. Some modern cultures (for instance my own latin/Brazilian
> culture) resemble that. And of course there is an obvious genetic
> interest/evolutionary advantage involved in that way of living. So
the
> native American vision was rather an extension of the concept of
> family than a negation of it...
>

Hi Robert, Lucio:

Yes!

The small space communities will have a lot in common with the
ancient tribal style of living. If you have, let's say, a hundred
people living 1 million miles (or more) from anyone else, people
will have to colaborate like in an extended family. That's the
meaning of tribes. And I think this is the most "natural" way of
living for people, unlike modern societies where you pack ten
million people in one place and nobody know their neighbours.

By the way, Lucio, if you got information about the Native heritage
of modern Brazil, both in genes and culture, please let me know.

Regards,

Omar Vega