Essay On Native American Natives

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Americans vs the Great Outdoors In the United States, there has been a strong sense of connection to nature long before Christopher Columbus ever landed in the Americas. Native Americans viewed nature as “something we live within and as a part of [it].” (uwosh.edu) They would sow seeds, hunt, fish, and gather plants and berries to sustain life in the tribe. Native Americas would often hunt and kill wild game as a source of protein in their almost seemingly paleolithic diet. For most Native Americans, it was a spiritual honor to take the life of any wild game, knowing that they could be able to survive until the next meal off of anything and everything the animal supplied. These hunter gatherers let nothing go to waste when it came to the carcass, using the leftover bones for tools and weapons, as well as using the animal hides for clothing and housing. There really was a sense…show more content…
However, deforestation effects everyone on a global scale. The loss of species, never to be seen again, is heartbreaking enough, but the loss of entire ecosystems might not effect anyone emotionally but it will affect them physically, with rising water levels, rising temperatures, and the greenhouse effect. By causing local wildlife to relocate into more urban environments, adversely impacting climate change, and negatively contributing to global atmospheric changes, deforestation should be a huge concern, especially for Americans who are typically more educated then the rest of the world. Americans have a responsibility to nature, and should use the education afforded to them by this country to spread awareness on deforestation. As Berlau states in Our Unhealthy Future, “It’s important to do what we can to protect the inhabitants of the environment or the planet... If there is a specific pollutant, man-made or natural, affecting human health, we should figure out a way to deal with it.”

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