I hope we have clarified the emotional conceits that "traditional, ancient, organic, tribal" skills may come packaged in( I can't even come up with a common term.) That said, learning these skills can be very rewarding in of themselves. Our hemi powered Chrysler lost a fan belt in Arizona. One of the local cowboys rode up and fashioned a spare from yucca leaves. He laughed and said" my grandmother taught me this stuff, never used it." He was Apache .The belt held @ 35mph to the filling station. Sometimes the old ways do return. Donald Crabtree was a famous knapper of obsidian. He faced open heart surgery and created an entire surgical kit for his M.D. The physician had to retrain his hands to use the proper muscles. The single molecule edge blades made such fine incisions he healed in half the time. Glass tools are now used in many fine procedures!