My name is Amayeta Acothley and I belong to the Navajo tribe.
Since I was a teenager, I have been passionate about my family's traditions, and thanks to my grandmother I have learned so much about my ancestors' past.
My grandmother was very attached to family traditions. Unfortunately, she wrote little and badly, so she passed on orally everything she knew.
I realized very early on the importance of transcribing what she told me: when we finished talking, I immediately went to get my notebook to write down as much of what she had told me as possible. I couldn't always remember everything, and I often had to go back to her to have her repeat some of the details.
Other times I would read my notes back to her to make sure I had understood and transcribed what she had told me correctly. It was our way of spending time together.
Gradually, my notes became more and more substantial, and I had to start rationalizing them, transferring them to digital. This led to the idea of writing books.
My books contain the traditions of my family and tribe, or at least those that I was able to learn from my grandmother and other studies I have conducted.
Living in the modern world, we are often led to take drugs and other chemical concoctions, even when it is not necessary.
Modern people have forgotten about the many natural remedies that can often bring enormous benefits without having any side effects.
These remedies were widely used by my ancestors, and I believe that even today they could bring numerous benefits, if used wisely.
Taking medicine for every little problem is not a good strategy. If there are natural remedies that can relieve pain and minor ailments, they should be preferred to chemical remedies.
This is exactly the purpose of my books: to bring women and men of the twenty-first century closer to the natural herbs that, in the past, were real natural medicines to cure all sorts of problems.
I hope that reading my books will help you understand and use ancient remedies, still perfectly useful in everyday life.
