All quotes from
Thomas' book
The
real interest of the old Indians,” Deloria conveys, “was not to discover the
abstract structure of physical reality but rather to find the proper [moral and
ethical] road along which, for the duration of a person’s life, individuals
were supposed to walk”. … it does not look at the world as an inert natural
resource and ask, “How can I predict, manage or defeat this?” Instead, it sees a living community in which
human beings participate and asks, “How should I behave?” .
