Response to Balance and Burial Mounds http://rollins23.blogspot.com/

Wow what a great posting- I agree with your statements. We could learn a lot from Native cultures that settlers were quick to attempt to eradicate. Today I feel disconnected from nature having to live in a city where the automobile is king. However, I do own a car, with which I am glad to use to get out of the city. Most people probably don't realize the imbalance with nature of their daily activities. The idea of conservation is counter to the dominant religion here, Christianity. In Genesis 1.26-30 the text says that God created all of the animals and plants for man's use. Moderation is only just beginning to be considered, in comparison to the indiscretion that characterized settlers and industrialists in the first two centuries of this nation's existence. Those settlers were predominantly conservative Christians. The culture of exploitation was quite opposite to that of the natives. The Ojibwa believe that resources should be conserved so that the same resources people use today will be available seven generations from the present. Our current national energy policy does not seem to have this goal, although we have come a long way from total clearcutting and strip mining.