Indigenous environmental justice
Powerful parallels: deep ecology and the writings of Vine Deloria Jr. -- Environmental injustice, land, and American Indian religious freedom -- Environmental injustices and state-corporate crime on Navajo and Hopi lands -- Environmental racism: contaminated water in indigenous and minority communit...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tucson
The University of Arizona Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
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| Summary: | Powerful parallels: deep ecology and the writings of Vine Deloria Jr. -- Environmental injustice, land, and American Indian religious freedom -- Environmental injustices and state-corporate crime on Navajo and Hopi lands -- Environmental racism: contaminated water in indigenous and minority communities -- Two cases of navigating legal complexity: environmental justice in Barrow and Tar Creek -- The water-energy nexus and environmental justice: the missing link between water rights and energy production on tribal lands -- Not in our lands: a Canadian comparative case study of indigenous resistance strategies to natural resource development in British Columbia and the Arctic -- Urban Native American women as environmental justice leaders. "With connections to traditional homelands being at the heart of Native identity, environmental justice is of heightened importance to Indigenous communities. Not only do irresponsible and exploitative environmental policies harm the physical and financial health of Indigenous communities, they also cause spiritual harm by destroying the land and wildlife that are held in a place of exceptional reverence for Indigenous peoples. Combining elements of legal issues, human rights issues, and sovereignty issues, Indigenous Environmental Justice creates a clear example of community resilience in the face of corporate greed"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | viii, 219 pages 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780816540839 |