The correct answer is Native Americans believed nature was sacred. White settlers believed nature was a resource.
The attitudes of Native Americans and white Americans are different in a way that settlers believed nature was a resource while Native Americans believed nature was sacred.
The Native Americans considered everything to be nature; they believed that plants, animals, objects (such as rocks and shells) have spiritual power, as a result, those who are into hunting and farming usually observed some rituals as a way of paying respect to the spiritual world.
For example, The Native Americans in Cherokee would seek for forgiveness before they kill deer, they would not consume the first animal they killed because they have the thought that other animals might be angry and could make killing them very difficult.
The white settlers, on the other hand, considered nature as a resource, they considered nature as a source of materials that can be used to better their lives.
White settlers believed in private ownership of areas (lands) and materials, unlike the Native Americans who believed that the lands belong to the tribes and not individuals.
Therefore, Native Americans believed nature was scared while white settlers believed nature was a resource.
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