Indigenous peoples believe members of industrial society don't know how to be happy.

"Modern anthropologists have observed indigenous hunter-gatherers, and found that about two hours per day is spent in fulfilling one's material responsibilities - procuring food, clothing and shelter. Compare this with the 'modern' man in industrialized society, where a minimum of 8 hours per day is spent working to cover the bare essentials of life . . . We indigenous people had time to notice the world around us, and to learn from it, and that is why we develop all these practices and all this knowledge which is still so elusive to patriarchal society. Foremost among these gifts is the ability to be happy, to be satisfied."

Russell Means
Oglala Lakota

Photos: Cottonwood tree, Salsify flower, and the Yellow Mounds, Badlands National Park, SD; May 16, 2015