The decision to publish scholarly findings bearing on the question
of Amerindian environmental degradation, warfare, and/or violence
is one that weighs heavily on anthropologists. This burden stems
from the fact that documentation of this may render descendant
communities vulnerable to a host of predatory agendas and hostile
modern forces. Consequently, some anthropologists and community
advocates alike argue that such culturally and socially sensitive,
and thereby, politically volatile information regarding
Amerindian-induced environmental degradation and warfare should not
be reported. This admonition presents a conundrum for
anthropologists and other social scientists employed in the academy
or who work at the behest of tribal entities. This work documents
the various ethical dilemmas that confront anthropologists, and
researchers in general, when investigating Amerindian communities.
The contributions to this volume explore the ramifications of
reporting--and, specifically,--of non-reporting instances of
environmental degradation and warfare among Amerindians.
Collectively, the contributions in this volume, which extend across
the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, ethnic
studies, philosophy, and medicine, argue that the non-reporting of
environmental mismanagement and violence in Amerindian communities
generally harms not only the field of anthropology but the
Amerindian populations themselves.
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