Would Native Americans have played a key role towards a more environmentally friendly world had they not been invaded? Otherwise, what would their development have looked like?

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Mictlantecuhtli

Can I ask you why you would think Native Americans woukd play a role in a more environmentally friendly world? They heavily modified their landscape through terracing, diverging rivers (San Juan River at Teotihuacan), planting orchards (Amazon Basin), and routinely burning the landscape.

estherke

This question is more suitable for /r/HistoricalWhatIf.