Sustainability: Learning from the Past -- 1 The Context for Our Sustainability Story -- 1.1 Post-1492: European Colonialism Impacts on Peoples of the Americas -- 1.2 Post-1492: European Colonialism: Thirst for Resource-rich Lands -- 1.3 We Need A Different Glue to Make Sustainability Work -- 1.4 Essential Sustainability: Insights from A Water Metaphor -- 1.4.1 Water-A Scarce Global Common Resource -- 1.4.2 Water as A Sacred Resource -- 1.4.3 Water, Water Everywhere but Still Scarce -- 1.5 Our Coyote Mascot Blends the Dual Nature of Sustainability -- 1.6 A Tribal Perspective on Sustainability -- Coyote Essentials -- 2 Battles to Eliminate Native American Traditions and Cultures -- 2.1 European Colonial "Manifest Destiny" -- 2.1.1 Taming Indian Lands through Agriculture -- 2.1.2 Euro-Americans Settling the "Wild West" -- 2.1.3 Becoming Civilized: Redemption and Westward Migration -- 2.2 War on Native American Cultures and Traditions -- 2.2.1 U.S. Relocation, Termination and Assimilation Policies -- 2.2.2 Removal of Buffalo for "Manifest Destiny" -- 2.2.3 Removal of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest -- 2.2.4 Building Dams on Tribal Lands -- 2.3 Contemporary Context of Native American Lands and Resources -- A Lens on Cultures and Traditions of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities -- 3 Introduction to Folklore and Cultural Survival -- 3.1 Western World Stories -- 3.2 Inter-generational Indigenous Cultural Stories -- 3.2.1 Learning Nez Perce Culture while Growing Up as Remembered by Rodney -- 3.3 What Does It Mean to Be A Traditional Ecological Practitioner? -- 3.3.1 Break the Law When Practice Culture -- 3.3.2 Indian Spirituality -- 3.3.3 Native American Languages -- Coyote Essentials.

Portfolio for Sustainability: Native American Behavior Blended with Western Science -- 4 The Nuts and Bolts of A Sustainability Portfolio -- 4.1 Practicing Indigenous Cultures and Traditions -- 4.1.1 Cultural Forest Practices in the Halimun Ecosystem Area, Indonesia -- 4.1.2 Essential Practices of A Sustainable Portfolio as Summarized by John D Tovey -- 4.2 Humanizing Sustainable Practices -- 4.3 Western World Ecosystem and Adaptive Management -- 4.4 Recognize Western World and Indigenous Community Differences in How Humanize Sustainability -- Coyote Essentials -- 5 Portfolio Element : How to Connect Society with Nature -- 5.1 Divergent Models of "Wild" Nature and How Different Societies Connect to It -- 5.2 Western World Model: Nature Bounded by Borders -- 5.2.1 Nature Needs to Be Controlled -- 5.2.2 Zoo Becomes A Nature Experience -- 5.2.3 Today's Nature: Bounded Larger Artificial Landscapes -- 5.3 Native American Model: Borderless Nature -- 5.3.1 American Tribes: Nature, Sense of Property Is Culture-based as Told by Mike -- 5.3.2 No Walls: Active Landscape Management, Nature Not Wasted -- Coyote Essentials -- 6 Portfolio Element : How to Make Practical and Realistic Decisions -- 6.1 To Become Sustainable Don't "Throw Out the Baby with the Bathwater" -- 6.2 Leave Your Individual Biases Outside the Door -- 6.2.1 "False" Indian Stories -- 6.2.2 Stories of "Real" Indians -- 6.2.3 The Life of John McCoy -- 6.3 Think Slowly and for the 7th Generation -- 6.4 Long Scientific History but Short Human Memory -- 6.5 Inter-generational Adaptation and Grandmothers as Told by John D Tovey -- 6.6 Cultural Diversity the Norm in Regional Landscapes: Iban Tribe, Indonesian Borneo -- Coyote Essentials -- 7 Portfolio Element : Follow a Native American Business Model.

7.1 Company Business Plans or Village Economics -- 7.1.1 Non-tribal Business Plans -- 7.1.2 Tribal Business Plans -- 7.2 Western World Moving towards Humanizing Business Practices -- 7.2.1 Historical Recognition of Need to Humanize Economics -- 7.2.2 Human Development Index Rankings -- 7.2.3 Beyond Western Business Plans -- 7.3 How the Energy Intensive Business Model Made the Environment and People of Iceland Less Resilient as Told by Raga -- 7.4 Reservation Lands Historically Undesirable but Rich in Economic Resources Today -- 7.5 Trustee Exploitation of Tribal Resources on Reservations -- Coyote Essentials -- 8 Portfolio Element : Creative Governance from Consensual Flexible Partnerships -- 8.1 Long Western World History: Few Stories of Consensual and Equitable Governance -- 8.1.1 Historical Top Down Governance -- 8.1.2 Historical Western World Governance Structures that Did Include People -- 8.2 American Indians: Village and Confederacies Make Natural Resource Decisions -- 8.3 Link Taboos to Non-negotiable Values When Making Economic Decisions -- Coyote Essentials -- Culture as the Core of Native American Resource Leadership -- 9 Traditions Are Not JustWritings Found in Library Archives: Native Americans Driving and Controlling Resources Today -- 9.1 Salmon Restoration and Tribal Co-management -- 9.2 Dams-Removal, Mitigation and Redesign -- Coyote Essentials -- 10 Final Words on Essential Native American Leadership -- 10.1 "Melting Pot" versus "Salad Bowl Assimilation" Discussion -- 10.2 Lessons from My Grandfather by Mike -- 10.3 Essential Tribal Leadership through Partnerships, Governance and Sovereignty -- 10.3.1 One Tribal Business Model: Tulalip Tribes Building A Federal City -- 10.3.2 Increasing Collaboration on Nature Using the Native American Approach.

10.4 Essential Sustainability: Building A Native American Behavior and Thinking Toolkit -- 10.5 How to Do Business in A "Boom and Bust" Economy -- Coyote Essentials -- 11 Summary of All Book Coyote Essentials -- References -- Index.