Discussion Question -- Armstrong Interview

To what extent are Indigenous environmental values and approaches part of what Armstrong explains as “vanishing?” Given how contrasting mainstream environmental approaches of exploitation and commodification are, could you say that Indigenous principles of environmental stewardship have vanished? 

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