Here he describes an epiphany associated with his participation tending the sacred fire during a Navajo ceremony. This experience awakened in him a deeper understanding of the depth of our connectedness with nature. He maintains that the human subconscious, itself, can be thought of as nature working through us. He notes that in the Blackfoot [...]

Here he describes the important influence Native American culture had upon the early settlers between 1620 and 1776. Rogers Williams, for example, the founder of Rhode Island, spoke five different native languages and wrote a book about them. Benjamin Franklin was also very close to Native leaders. The Founders were inspired by the egalitarian society [...]