I’ve mentioned that when Indigenous people have acquired engines, chain saws, and guns, they have often maintained their cultural values of respectful restraint. For instance, an Athapaskan man explained to Richard Nelson that although he’d trapped in a certain area all his life—and his father before him—“it’s still good ground.” Still lots of beavers, minks, martens, otters, and bears. “I took good care of it . . . don’t take too much out of it
