Loss of Roles; Environmental Damage - Colonization

"The traditional relationship to the land based upon the sacred use of the gifts of the earth was displaced by government systems."
"Traditional lands have been subject to a range of 'development' activities including hydro electric and irrigation dams, clear-cut logging, pulp and paper mills, mining and recreation projects." (Our Responsibility to the Seventh Generation, p. 19; 35)

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