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'For thousands of years, Nuu-chah-nulth people lived in harmony
with the natural world. They treated the forest with respect, because they knew
that the forest protected the streams that the salmon spawned in. And they treated
the returning salmon with respect because they knew that wiping out individual
salmon stocks would irreparably harm the intricate web of animal and plant life
in the surrounding forest.
Millenia before the words "sustainable development" gained vogue, Nuu-chah-nulth
people had fully embraced the concept. They had to. It's what kept them alive.'
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