Ecology, Nestedness, and Healthy Relationships: “Wilderness…in its earliest meaning, ‘self-willed.’ We don’t manage nature, we work with nature…we don’t control nature. In restoration, we nudge nature just a little bit to assist in recovering natural processes.” (OI, Martinez, et.al., 108) “The words conservation and ecology…don’t exactly fit what Indian people did or do with the land. It was their livelihood, which depends on reciprocity. Thus, the trees were not seen just as trees, they were also seen as relatives…and they watched you all the time.” (OI, Martinez, et.al., 92) “a relationship model, a kin-centric model, one in which we are all equal, but we have different jobs to do here on earth.” (OI, Martinez, et.al., 90) “To show respect. That was the agreement, the compact, between the animals and the people.” (OI, Martinez, et.al., 93) “These roadmaps are often altered by the folly of humans so invested in thinking big that they forget to think small. We must remember how to think small. Food growing, gathering, and harvesting entail a level of detailed observation… small things anchor the web of life.” (OI, Ross, 202-203)
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