Actions for Indigenous environmental justice
Indigenous environmental justice / edited by Karen Jarratt-Snider and Marianne O. Nielsen
- Published
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2020]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages).
- Additional Creators
- Jarratt-Snider, Karen and Nielsen, Marianne O.
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780816541294 electronic book
0816541299 electronic book - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Endowment Note
- Benzak Foundation American Environmental History Collections Endowment at the Penn State Libraries
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