According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a predator is someone who uses others and controls them. European colonial settlers arrived in the North American lands and took full ownership of it. They forced their beliefs and ways of industrial living onto the indigenous communities, never taking the time to learn the culture of the land’s original inhabitants. The European settlers believed they could “exploit every economic advantage[s]” (pg. 23) the land and its people had to offer. With no care for the natural world, we’ve done a great deal of damage to it for our own personal gain…