Viewing economic forces from a Native American perspective is in many ways a mirror image of the dominant capitalistic economy of our time. In Native American trade, for example, consideration of the profit motive often was taken to be uncouth (unsophisticated). -- Bruce Johansen, The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History, 1999 The above statement suggests that Native Americans viewed the profit motive as rude and undignified. theft. counter-productive. O necessary and beneficial