Hmm, one doesn't see aboriginals often with footwear, but they always have a blade of some sort.
Then there's Cody Lundin. While he's part of the long-haired hippie freak crowd, he does make a point that shoes in the wild are essentially unnecessary. He too always has a knife.
There was (or maybe still is) some sort of hiking barefoot movement I saw some web sites mention a while ago based on the same idea that natives to the area didn't have shoes. IIRC they said you get a better feel for the terrain, build up immunity, etc.
I think the difference is modern society is not used to bare feet so our tender feet are going to get messed up without shoes where the barefoot natives had built up a tolerance over time.
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