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No. They are not vital. They don't have livelihoods and don't need them because they are self-sufficient. Yes it's easier and less wasteful to chainsaw larger trees than burning, or to buy premade clothes than weave them. But in terms of their overall lifestyle those things are incidental and an be replaced.
The nearest to a "livelihood" is growing and selling bananas, maybe some animal skins or textiles/jewellery. But other than the bananas the things they sell or trade are better described as hobbies - and it's a stretch imo to classify it as being part of a capitalist system.