In such a world, reciprocity was the key to stability, to happiness, in the end to survival.
The importance of reciprocity in the Indians' value system is the key to understanding why there was "a flood of bloud" in this civilizational contact--a clash, not a harmonious amalgamation.
The importance of reciprocity in the Indians' value system is the key to understanding why there was "a flood of bloud" in this civilizational contact--a clash, not a harmonious amalgamation.