On the other hand, capitalism sees all flora and fauna as input to the commodity production process. Today vast trawlers scour the ocean to turn the last bluefin tuna into the last sushi special.
Meanwhile, American Indians struggle to defend their right to fish for Salmon and whales as part of their traditional way of life. Some ecologists can't distinguish between the trawler and the Makah motorboat, but that would not be the first time in history that an Indian gets a raw deal."
His classic Marx "use values" assumes "the American Indians had no ecological insights or beliefs.
However, American Indians held a special knowledge of the land and its inhabitants and believed they were only a small part of the whole circle of life and that each part of creation played a significant role in the contentment and survival of the other.
They accepted the divine idea that all things were equal and no animal, including man, held dominion over other parts of creation.
American Indians, also known as the People of the Land, traditionally and historically believed, humans were created to be caretakers of the garden -- Mother Earth. They held all things of creation sacred and respected Nature.
Never take more than we need;
Thank Creator for what we have or what we will receive;
Use all of what we have;
Give away what we do not need.
They weren't environmentalists they were communist Pagans.
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