Their definition of poverty is earning below a certain dollar amount ($1.90&#x2F;day).<p>Their measure of poverty has nothing to do with the access to quality water, quality food, land, quality of life, freedom, personal autonomy, health, safety, etc.<p>Many indigenous people lived on $0.00&#x2F;day yet had a higher quality of life; before outside influences (i.e. civilization, imperial, western) disrupted their ecosystems &amp; way of life.