The readings for week seven correlated in the common concept of humans being to the all the other being in the world and how life is a symbiotic relationship. In Kincentric Ecology it is stated that “Life in any environment is viable only when humans view their surroundings as kin” (Kincentric Ecology, 1327). This is a concept that was supported by the reading, Sheep in Navajo Culture and Organization. “ The residence group, the fundamental unit of Navajo social organization, is organized around and integrated by the sheep herd” (SNCO, 1441) In this reading the Navajo are shown to see sheep as security and so much more as they realize that both they and their sheep have a symbiotic relationship. Both are need the other and are responsible
