“What every culture must eventually decide, actively<\/p>\n\n\n\n
debate and decide, is what of all that surrounds it,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
tangible and intangible, it will dismantle and turn into<\/p>\n\n\n\n
material wealth. And what of it’s cultural wealth,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
from the tradition of finding peace in the vision of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
an undisturbed hillside to a knowledge of how to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
finance a corporate merger, it will fight to preserve.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excerpted from “Arctic Dreams”, author Barry Lopez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also published simultaneously in Canada by<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collier Macmillan Canada, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The above excerpt was published in 1986, thirty-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
three years ago, it rings so true today as I write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Islander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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