Why Is Trust Important In Early Native Americans

Trust, is a virtue that was hailed by the early Native Americans and is a cornerstone of our society today. The reason trust was critical to early Native Americans was because, if you were trustworthy, people could bet their bottom dollar upon you to take responsibility of others. Being trustworthy also meant having the ability to outlast others in the world. Trust along with honesty from an outsider meant that he or she could be trusted by the Lakota. Today, trustworthiness is still an important virtue in our society; all people want to believe that they can trust others. Like red wine, aged cheese, and leather boots, there are some things that survive and just get better; trustworthiness has stood the test of time and is as essential today as it was long ago to the early Native Americans. The reason trust was and is still an important virtue is because back before the modern days of life, there were no documents such as a resume or other legal documents from your high school or previous jobs that stated how trustworthy you were or how responsible you were. That is why in the days before the modern days …show more content…
Because in the past, I’ve trusted people that have turned around and talked about me behind my back which hurt me in the long run. Which is why I can see others perspectives that have been hurt in the past by someone or multiple people that they’ve trusted relying on trust so much. I don’t really think that trust would never exist, because there will always be that gut feeling about something or someone that you go with. That feeling is trust, someone just put a name to that feeling in your gut. But somehow if trust didn’t exist, I can see this world way different than it is today. Many people that didn’t deserve a trustworthy job could have gotten the job by finessing the owner of that business into thinking that he or she is