Sustainability:Learning from the Past

1 The Context for Our Sustainability Story

1.1 Post-1492:European Colonialism Impacts on Peoples of the Americas

1.2 Post-1492:European Colonialism:Thirst for Resource-rich Lands

1.3 We Need A Different Glue to Make Sustainability Work

1.4 Essential Sustainability:Insights from A Water Metaphor

1.4.1 Water—A Scarce Global Common Resource

1.4.2 Water as A Sacred Resource

1.4.3 Water,Water Everywhere but Still Scarce

1.5 Our Coyote Mascot Blends the Dual Nature of Sustainability

1.6 A Tribal Perspective on Sustainability

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2 Battles to Eliminate Native American Traditions and Cultures

2.1 European Colonial"Manifest Destiny"

2.1.1 Taming Indian Lands through Agriculture

2.1.2 Euro-Americans Settling the"Wild West"

2.1.3 Becoming Civilized:Redemption and Westward Migration

2.2 War on Native American Cultures and Traditions

2.2.1 U.S.Relocation,Termination and Assimilation Policies

2.2.2 Removal of Buffalo for"Manifest Destiny"

2.2.3 Removal of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest

2.2.4 Building Dams on Tribal Lands

2.3 Contemporary Context of Native American Lands and Resources

A Lens on Cultures and Traditions of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

3 Introduction to Folklore and Cultural Survival

3.1 Western World Stories

3.2 Inter-generational Indigenous Cultural Stories

3.2.1 Learning Nez Perce Culture while Growing Up as Remembered by Rodney

3.3 What Does It Mean to Be A Traditional Ecological Practitioner?

3.3.1 Break the Law When Practice Culture

3.3.2 Indian Spirituality

3.3.3 Native American Languages

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Portfolio for Sustainability:Native American Behavior Blended with Western Science

4 The Nuts and Bolts of A Sustainability Portfolio

4.1 Practicing Indigenous Cultures and Traditions

4.1.1 Cultural Forest Practices in the Halimun Ecosystem Area,Indonesia

4.1.2 Essential Practices of A Sustainable Portfolio as Summarized by John D Tovey

4.2 Humanizing Sustainable Practices

4.3 Western World Ecosystem and Adaptive Management

4.4 Recognize Western World and Indigenous Community Differences in How Humanize Sustainability

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5 Portfolio Element Ⅰ:How to Connect Society with Nature

5.1 Divergent Models of"Wild"Nature and How Different Societies Connect to It

5.2 Western World Model:Nature Bounded by Borders

5.2.1 Nature Needs to Be Controlled

5.2.2 Zoo Becomes A Nature Experience

5.2.3 Today's Nature:Bounded Larger Artificial Landscapes

5.3 Native American Model:Borderless Nature

5.3.1 American Tribes:Nature,Sense of Property Is Culture-based as Told by Mike

5.3.2 No Walls:Active Landscape Management,Nature Not Wasted

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6 Portfolio Element Ⅱ:How to Make Practical and Realistic Decisions

6.1 To Become Sustainable Don't"Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater"

6.2 Leave Your Individual Biases Outside the Door

6.2.1 "False"Indian Stories

6.2.2 Stories of"Real"Indians

6.2.3 The Life of John McCoy

6.3 Think Slowly and for the 7th Generation

6.4 Long Scientific History but Short Human Memory

6.5 Inter-generational Adaptation and Grandmothers as Told by John D Tovey

6.6 Cultural Diversity the Norm in Regional Landscapes:Iban Tribe,Indonesian Borneo

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7 Portfolio Element Ⅲ:Follow a Native American Business Model

7.1 Company Business Plans or Village Economics

7.1.1 Non-tribal Business Plans

7.1.2 Tribal Business Plans

7.2 Western World Moving towards Humanizing Business Practices

7.2.1 Historical Recognition of Need to Humanize Economics

7.2.2 Human Development Index Rankings

7.2.3 Beyond Western Business Plans

7.3 How the Energy Intensive Business Model Made the Environment and People of Iceland Less Resilient as Told by Raga

7.4 Reservation Lands Historically Undesirable but Rich in Economic Resources Today

7.5 Trustee Exploitation of Tribal Resources on Reservations

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8 Portfolio Element Ⅳ:Creative Governance from Consensual Flexible Partnerships

8.1 Long Western World History: Few Stories of Consensual and Equitable Governance

8.1.1 Historical Top Down Governance

8.1.2 Historical Western World Governance Structures that Did Include People

8.2 American Indians:Village and Confederacies Make Natural Resource Decisions

8.3 Link Taboos to Non-negotiable Values When Making Economic Decisions

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Culture as the Core of Native American Resource Leadership

9 Traditions Are Not Just Writings Found in Library Archives:Native Americans Driving and Controlling Resources Today

9.1 Salmon Restoration and Tribal Co-management

9.2 Dams—Removal, Mitigation and Redesign

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10 Final Words on Essential Native American Leadership

10.1 "Melting Pot"versus"Salad Bowl Assimilation"Discussion

10.2 Lessons from My Grandfather by Mike

10.3 Essential Tribal Leadership through Partnerships, Governance and Sovereignty

10.3.1 One Tribal Business Model:Tulalip Tribes Building A Federal City

10.3.2 Increasing Collaboration on Nature Using the Native American Approach

10.4 Essential Sustainability:Building A Native American Behavior and Thinking Toolkit

10.5 How to Do Business in A"Boom and Bust"Economy

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11 Summary of All Book Coyote Essentials

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Index