这本《生命之河(北美土著人的可持续实践英文版)(精)》(作者马钱德)比较了美国土著印第安人民与西方世界对待资源之间的态度差异。本书提供了美国印第安人民的可持续发展式的实践。介绍了如何连接自然和社会以达成可持续发展的目标，指出需要将人类的行为与自然及资源联系起来，正如印第安人民的实践一样。本书的主要目的是促进人们思考如何改变自己的行为，如何将可持续这种思想纳入思维过程和决策过程。

《生命之河(北美土著人的可持续实践英文版)(精)》内容介绍：Sustainability defines the need for any society to live within the constraints of the land's capacity to deliver all natural resources the society consumes. This book compares the general differences between Native Americans and western world view towards resources， It will provide the 'nuts and bolts' of a sustainability portfolio designed by indigenous peoples.This book introduces the ideas on how to link nature and society to make sustainable choices. To be sustainable， nature and its endowment needs to be linked to human behavior similar to the practices ofindigenous peoples. The main goal of this book is to facilitate thinking about how to change behavior and to integrate culture into thinking and decision-processes.

《生命之河(北美土著人的可持续实践英文版)(精)》的作者是马钱德。

Sustainability: Learning from the Past 1

1 The Context for Our Sustainability Story 3

1.1 Post1492: European Colonialism Impacts on Peoples of

the Americas 3

1.2 Post1492: European Colonialism: Thirst for Resourcerich Lands

1.3 We Need A Different Glue to Make Sustainability Work 8

1.4 Essential Sustainability: Insights from A Water Metaphor 11

1.4.1 WaterA Scarce Global Common Resource 11

1.4.2 Water as A Sacred Resource 13

1.4.3 Water, Water Everywhere but Still Scarce 16

1.5 Our Coyote Mascot Blends the Dual Nature of Sustainability 20

1.6 A Tribal Perspective on Sustainability 21

Coyote Essentials 25

2 Battles to Eliminate Native American Traditions

and Cultures 27

2.1 European Colonial "Manifest Destiny" 28

2.1.1 Taming Indian Lands through Agriculture 29

2.1.2 EuroAmericans Settling the "Wild West" 30

2.1.3 Becoming Civilized: Redemption and Westward Migration 33

2.2 War on Native American Cultures and Traditions 36

2.2.1 U.S. Relocation, Termination and Assimilation Policies 37

2.2.2 Removal of Buffalo for "Manifest Destiny" 50

2.2.3 Removal of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest 51

2.2.4 Building Dams on Tribal Lands 55

2.3 Contemporary Context of Native American Lands and Resources 62

A Lens on Cultures and Traditions of Indigenous Peoples and

Local Communities 67

3 Introduction to Folklore and Cultural Survival 69

3.1 Western World Stories 69

3.2 Intergenerational Indigenous Cultural Stories 71

3.2.1 Learning Nez Perce Culture while Growing Up as Remembered

by Rodney 77

3.3 What Does It Mean to Be A Traditional Ecological Practitioner? 80

3.3.1 Break the Law When Practice Culture 80

3.3.2 Indian Spirituality 84

3.3.3 Native American Languages 91

Coyote Essentials 94

Portfolio for Sustainability: Native American Behavior Blended

with Western Science 95

4 The Nuts and Bolts of A Sustainability Portfolio 97

4.1 Practicing Indigenous Cultures and Traditions 100

4.1.1 Cultural Forest Practices in the Halimun Ecosystem Area,

Indonesia 102

4.1.2 Essential Practices of A Sustainable Portfolio as Summarized

by John D Tovey 105

4.2 Humanizing Sustainable Practices 111

4.3 Western World Ecosystem and Adaptive Management 113

4.4 Recognize Western World and Indigenous Community Differences in

How Humanize Sustainability 117

Coyote Essentials 120

5 Portfolio Element I : How to Connect Society

with Nature121

5.1 Divergent Models of "Wild" Nature and How Different Societies

Connect to It 121

5.2 Western World Model: Nature Bounded by Borders 125

5.2.1 Nature Needs to Be Controlled 127

5.2.2 Zoo Becomes A Nature Experience 129

5.2.3 Today's Nature: Bounded Larger Artificial Landscapes 133

5.3 Native American Model: Borderless Nature 134

5.3.1 American Tribes: Nature, Sense of Property Is Culturebased as

Told by Mike 136

5.3.2 No Walls: Active Landscape Management, Nature Not Wasted 139

Coyote Essentials 142

6 Portfolio Element ]I: How to Make Practical and

Realistic Decisions143

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

the Bathwater" 143

6.2 Leave Your Individual Biases Outside the Door 146

6.2.1 "False" Indian Stories 146

6.2.2 Stories of "Real" Indians 151

6.2.3 The Life of John McCoy 155

6.3 Think Slowly and for the 7th Generation 156

6.4 Long Scientific History but Short Human Memory 159

6.5 Intergenerational Adaptation and Grandmothers as Told by

John D Tovey 163

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

Indonesian Borneo 164

Coyote Essentials 167

7 Portfolio Element llI: Follow a Native American

Business Model169

7.1 Company Business Plans or Village Economics 169

7.1.1 Nontribal Business Plans 170

7.1.2 Tribal Business Plans 172

7.2 Western World Moving towards Humanizing Business Practices 176

7.2.1 Historical Recognition of Need to Humanize Economics 176

7.2.2 Human Development Index Rankings 177

7.2.3 Beyond Western Business Plans 180

7.3 How the Energy Intensive Business Model Made the Environment

and People of Iceland Less Resilient as Told by Raga 183

7.4 Reservation Lands Historically Undesirable but Rich in

Economic Resources Today 188

7.5 Trustee Exploitation of Tribal Resources on Reservations 189

Coyote Essentials 192

8 Portfolio Element 1V : Creative Governance from

Consensual Flexible Partnerships 193

8.1 Long Western World History: Few Stories of Consensual and

Equitable Governance 193

8.1.1 Historical Top Down Governance 193

8.1.2 Historical Western World Governance Structures that

Did Include People 195

8.2 American Indians: Village and Confederacies Make Natural

Resource Decisions 201

8.3 Link Taboos to Nonnegotiable Values When Making

Economic Decisions 205

Coyote Essentials 210

Culture as the Core of Native American Resource Leadership 211

9 Traditions Are Not Just Writings Found in Library Archives:

Native Americans Driving and Controlling

Resources Today 213

9.1 Salmon Restoration and Tribal Comanagement216

9.2 DamsRemoval, Mitigation and Redesign 219

Coyote Essentials 223

10 Final Words on Essential Native American Leadership 225

10.1 "Melting Pot" versus "Salad Bowl Assimilation" Discussion 226

10.2 Lessons from My Grandfather by Mike 227

10.3 Essential Tribal Leadership through Partnerships, Governance and

Sovereignty 229

10.3.1 One Tribal Business Model: Tulalip Tribes Building A

Federal City 233

10.3.2 Increasing Collaboration on Nature Using the Native

American Approach 239

10.4 Essential Sustainability: Building A Native American Behavior and

Thinking Toolkit 243

10.5 How to Do Business in A "Boom and Bust" Economy 246

Coyote Essentials 250

11 Summary of All Book Coyote Essentials 253

References 257

Index 267