The model proposed for the alliance is based on the Two-Row Wampum of the Iroquois Confederacy. This kind of agreement has been used for centuries to protect each nation's sovereignty. One canoe doesn't steer the other. During storms and dangers each assists the other. The common objective shared is to protect the environment and save it for future generations.
Native people have a proven understanding of their relationship with nature.
Their own security has been maintained through centuries of experience. In an Environmental Alliance, Natives can't be left out or assumed ignorant of conservation. It is bitter irony that the colonizers, who have wreaked abuse for generations and now recognising the problems, present themselves as the ones with the right answers.