TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weaver,Jace
TI  - Defending mother earth: Native American perspectives on environmental justice 
SN  - 1570750963
AV  - E98.S67 D44 1996
U1  - 305.897 23
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Maryknoll, N.Y.
PB  - Orbis Books
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Indian philosophy
KW  - North America
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Environmental degradation
KW  - United States
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Environmental conditions
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Environmental justice
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents

Foreword...xi
Russell Means
Preface...XV
Jace Weaver
Introduction: Notes from a Miners Canary...1
1. The Struggle for Our Homes...29
Indian and White Values and Tribal Lands
Donald L. Fixico

2. Our Homes Are Not Dumps...47
Creating Nuclear-Free Zones
Grace Thorpe

3. Custer Rides Again-This Time on the Exxon Valdez...59
Mining Issues in Wisconsin
Justine Smith

4. A Legacy of Maldevelopment...72
Environmental Devastation in the Arctic
Norma Kasi

5. Beyond the Water Line...85
Phyllis Young

6. Family Closeness...99
Will James Bay Be Only a Memory for My Grandchildren?
Margaret Sam-Cromarty

7. Triangulated Power and the Environment...107
Tribes, the Federal Government, and the States
Jace Weaver

8. Malthusian Orthodoxy and the Myth of ZPG...122
Population Control as Racism
Andrea Smith

9. TEK Wars...144
First Nations' Struggles for Environmental Planning
Duane Good Striker
10. An American Indian Theological Response to Ecojustice...153
George E. Tinker

Afterword: Where Do We Go from Here?...177
Thom White Wolf Fassett

Resources...193
Participants: North American Native Workshop on Environmental Justice...198

Index...201
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