To me, the sad thing is that so many people value money; everything is valued by what it worth to me, what can I sell it for, and so on. Plus, most people today are radically disconnected from the environment. Now, it is a nice movie, tv special, or meme.

I grew up (older, anyway) chasing critters from butterflies to snakes. Hunted and fished. Actually touched the resource. It was real. Sometimes I killed things with my hands. There is some sort of spiritual connection that's lacking. You learn a whole lot about a stream by standing in it at various flows.

I think I can understand the Indigenous Folks connection to the earth more that the Euro-American turning everything into a commodity with a value that determines its survival.