Synopses & Reviews
Gedicks paints a disturbing picture of the current environmental crisis, but points to hopeful signs of resistance and coalition that could successfully block multinational corporations' resources colonization of native lands.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-255) and index.
About the Author
LaDuke is a well-know Native American organizer, environmentalist, and author. She teaches Native Environmentalism at the University of Minnesota.
Table of Contents
Foreword; a Society based on conquest cannot be sustained / Winona LaDuke -- Introduction; inside the native-environmental alliance -- Part 1. Up against the multinationals. Resource colonialism and international native resistance. The special case of mining -- Part 2. Mining wars in Wisconsin. The Sokaogon Chippewa take on Exxon. Kennecott's best-laid plans. A native-environmentalist insurgency. Endangered species and treaty rights. The corporate/government appeal to racism -- Part 3. A new stage for the environmental movement? Defending Indian treaties, defending the earth.