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A 12 page overview of the differences in approaches to ecology which were responsible for the atrocities and wrongs perpetuated on the American Indian in regards to their land and culture by white settlers and governments invading Nebraska and California. Based largely on the books by David J. Wisehart and John Walton. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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of their culture. That phrase is "unspeakable sadness". It is voiced by White Horse as: "Now the face of all the
land is changed and sad. The living creatures are gone. I see the land desolate, and I suffer unspeakable sadness. Sometimes I wake in the night and feel as though
I should suffocate from the pressure of this awful feeling of loneliness" (Wishart PG).
White Horses words echo the feeling of despair of the American Indian people in general in regards to the loss of their land and cultures taken from them by the
invading white settlers. They witnessed not only the taking of their land but also its destruction. That destruction started with the plow of the homesteader and continues with
ravages of today. David Wishart, in his book so appropriately titled "Unspeakable Sadness", observes: ".... in countless ways [American and European immigrants]
metamorphosed the landscape to such an extent that it was barely recognizable to the old Indians who had lived through it all" (Wishart xiii).
Differences in Land Management Ethics The reasons behind the changes in the American landscape between the time when it was
in control of the Native American and the present are many and varied. It can be argued that the Native American cultural incorporation of respect and appreciation for the
natural resources (which have sustained them and their families throughout history) had, by the time of European colonization, become an integral part of Native American lifeways and had even evolved
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