While European missionaries, mapmakers and mercenaries believed the Natural World existed entirely for human gain, the indigenous Indians of the Americas experienced nature as a sacred web of interdependent phenomena; Chief Seattle, of the Suquamish Tribe describing his world view thus: "Every bird, every humming insect, every sandy shore and very shining pine needle is sacred and holy to my people. All things are connected. Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. This we know".
—Joe Jenkins, Director