According to this dimension, there are three ways humans can relate to nature: Subjugation to it, Harmony with it, or Mastery over it. The West has traditionally believed that nature can be mastered by alterations such as dams, building tunnels through mountains, building new lakes, extending life, etc. However, natural disas- ters such as the 2005 earthquake in Pakistan, the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka, and the 2005 hurricane in New Orleans repeatedly remind the world that this approach is unrealistic. There are subgroups in the West, such as environmentalists, who advocate an approach of Harmony with nature. Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck note that this was the dominant orientation in many periods of Chinese history, in Japan, and among the Navajos in the US Southwest. These groups see no distinction between humans and nature. Some indigenous societies believe there is no other course but to subjugate oneself to nature and accept the fate of situations such as floods, pests, and illness. The expression Ayorama (It cannot be helped) of the Inuit in Canada reflects this orientation.