"You have to understand about Mother Earth, our part in it,"

Actually Lizzie, I think I do know a bit about that. I've read widely on the subject and have observed my local patch in great detail.

Mind you I haven't got round to driving whole buffalo herds off cliffs, like the Arikara, in North Dakota, did in the 19th century. They used to take what meat they needed and leave the rest to rot in a great, stinking pile.

I've never really understood this thing about Native American 'spirituality'. After all most of the tribes were primarily interested in warfare and were not above slaughtering their enemies to the last child. I often get the impression that when the West was being invaded by Anglo-Americans the various tribes were much more interested in fighting each other than in resisting the invaders.

Anyway, I'm not really sure what any of this has to do with English Folk Music or 'occupying' it.