The Relationship between the Environment and Humans as Shown by the Native Americans and the English Settlers

The relationship held between the environment and humans is sacred and ever-changing. Both the Native Americans and the English settlers used the land to their advantage, but they had different goals in mind. The English Settlers were more interested in creating civilizations and killing animals so they could make a profit. Native Americans were more interested in using the land and the animals that they killed in an efficient manner. Native Americans were natural born warriors, they were not schooled and they suffered from a lack of farming abilities, but their capability to adapt to their surroundings was unmatched and gave them a greater appreciation for the land they lived on. The English settlers were more advanced than the Native Americans in farming techniques, but they struggled to adapt to the climate of North America given the fact they were new to the land. The Native Americans and English settlers were both dependent on the land, but they both had much to learn from the techniques of each other.

Native Americans lived much more naturally than the English settlers. In Memoirs of Timberlake the author tells of the ways that the Native Americans used rocks and trees and handmade hatchets to create items like hammers, canoes, and weapons. He also tells of the Native Americans creating their own cloaths from two sorts of clay, red and white. The Native Americans created their own weapons, hunted their own food, and had little to no crops to live off of. Their innate warrior abilities enabled them to become exceptional hunters allowing them to live off of the food for the time being and use the fur from the animals in the long run to make their clothes.. The Native Americans were successful because they were not willing t...

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...e changing times. As businesses have been developed and dams have been created, trees and other plants have been demolished and nature as it was is gone forever. We are now faced problems that are almost impossible to overcome. We are going to struggle with global warming and deforestation for years to come based on what our past generations have done to the environment. Our current steps that we are taking to fight this ecological crisis are important, but it is very hard to tell if they are going to be enough to save us.

Works Cited

Burns, Ken. Video timeline from the film, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Florentine Films, 2009. www.pbs.org/nationalparks/media_detail/915.

Couturié, Bill. Earth and the American Dream. Home Box Office, 1995.

Plaut, Conley. Perspectives on the Environment. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Copley Company, 2009. Print.