Dina Gilio-Whitaker

As Long as Grass Grows

The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock

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Produktbeschreibung

"Interrogating the concept of environmental justice in the U.S. as it relates to Indigenous peoples, this book argues that a different framework must apply compared to other marginalized communities, while it also attends to the colonial history and structure of the U.S. and ways Indigenous peoples continue to resist, and ways the mainstream environmental movement has been an impediment to effective organizing and allyship"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780807073780
• ISBN-10: 0807073784
• Artikelnr.: 53304567

Autorenporträt

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Inhaltsangabe

Author’s Note
INTRODUCTION
The Standing Rock Saga
CHAPTER ONE
Environmental Justice Theory and Its Limitations for Indigenous Peoples
CHAPTER TWO
Genocide by Any Other Name
A History of Indigenous Environmental Injustice
CHAPTER THREE
The Complicated Legacy of Western Expansion and the Industrial Revolution
CHAPTER FOUR
Food Is Medicine, Water Is Life
American Indian Health and the Environment
CHAPTER FIVE
(Not So) Strange Bedfellows
Indian Country’s Ambivalent Relationship with the Environmental Movement
CHAPTER SIX
Hearts Not on the Ground
Indigenous Women’s Leadership and More Cultural Clashes
CHAPTER SEVEN
Sacred Sites and Environmental Justice
CHAPTER EIGHT
Ways Forward for Environmental Justice in Indian Country
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index