Reply #4: Yeah, I'm acutely aware of "the rest of the story" (as tragic as it is) [View All]

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However, my focus here was just on the common trait of thankfulness and how it was so engrained in both white and Native American cultures, and how it was an integral part of their daily lives.

Modern consumer consciousness, removed as it is, for the most part, from direct experience of and dependence on the natural world, seems numb to that basic sense of deep gratitude.