What I feel is that the dominant culture of North America today came to this continent and saw opportunity, and saw resources, they looked at trees and fish as commodities that were the key to their wealth. When you talk to First Nation aboriginal, indigenous people all over the world, there's a fundamentally different sense of connectedness with their surrounding community of creatures. Most societies regard other species as their relatives. And you don't treat your relatives as commodities. You treat them with respect.
Most people have a commitment to a place.
This is where they came from. This is where they've always been and this is where they expect all of their future generations to be. When logging companies come with 15 year logging plans, the natives tell them to get lost.