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Emphasizing the voices of activists, this book’s diverse
contributors examine communities’ common experiences with
environmental injustice, how they organize to address it, and the
ways in which their campaigns intersect with related movements such
as Black Lives Matters and Indigenous sovereignty. The global
COVID-19 pandemic exposed the ways in which BIPOC (Black,
Indigenous, People of Color) communities and white working-class
communities have suffered disproportionately from the crisis due to
sustained exposure to toxic land, air, and water, creating a new
urgency for addressing underlying conditions of systemic racism and
poverty in North America. In addition to exploring the historical
roots of the Environmental Justice movement in the 1980s and 1990s,
the volume offers coverage of recent events such as the DAPL
pipeline controversy, the Flint water crisis, and the rise of
climate justice. The collection incorporates the experiences of
rural and urban communities, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians,
Puerto Ricans, and Indigenous peoples in the U.S., Canada, and
Mexico. The chapters offer instructors, undergraduate and graduate
students, and general readers a range of accessible case studies
that create opportunities for comparative and intersectional
analysis across geographical and ethnic boundaries.
Emphasizing the voices of activists, this book’s diverse
contributors examine communities’ common experiences with
environmental injustice, how they organize to address it, and the
ways in which their campaigns intersect with related movements such
as Black Lives Matters and Indigenous sovereignty. The global
COVID-19 pandemic exposed the ways in which BIPOC (Black,
Indigenous, People of Color) communities and white working-class
communities have suffered disproportionately from the crisis due to
sustained exposure to toxic land, air, and water, creating a new
urgency for addressing underlying conditions of systemic racism and
poverty in North America. In addition to exploring the historical
roots of the Environmental Justice movement in the 1980s and 1990s,
the volume offers coverage of recent events such as the DAPL
pipeline controversy, the Flint water crisis, and the rise of
climate justice. The collection incorporates the experiences of
rural and urban communities, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians,
Puerto Ricans, and Indigenous peoples in the U.S., Canada, and
Mexico. The chapters offer instructors, undergraduate and graduate
students, and general readers a range of accessible case studies
that create opportunities for comparative and intersectional
analysis across geographical and ethnic boundaries.
Over the twentieth century, American Indians fought for their right
to be both American and Indian. In an illuminating book, Paul C.
Rosier traces how Indians defined democracy, citizenship, and
patriotism in both domestic and international contexts. Battles
over the place of Indians in the fabric of American life took place
on reservations, in wartime service, in cold war rhetoric, and in
the courtroom. The Society of American Indians, founded in 1911,
asserted that America needed Indian cultural and spiritual values.
In World War II, Indians fought for their ancestral homelands and
for the United States. The domestic struggle of Indian nations to
defend their cultures intersected with the international cold war
stand against termination-the attempt by the federal government to
end the reservation system. Native Americans seized on the ideals
of freedom and self-determination to convince the government to
preserve reservations as places of cultural strength. Red Power
activists in the 1960s and 1970s drew on Third World independence
movements to assert an ethnic nationalism that erupted in a series
of protests-in Iroquois country, in the Pacific Northwest, during
the occupation of Alcatraz Island, and at Wounded Knee. Believing
in an empire of liberty for all, Native Americans pressed the
United States to honor its obligations at home and abroad. Like
African Americans, twentieth-century Native Americans served as a
visible symbol of an America searching for rights and justice.
American history is incomplete without their story.
Drawing on interviews, democratic theory, and extensive archival
research, Paul C. Rosier focuses on the internal political,
economic, and ethnic forces shaping the Blackfeet Nation during the
first half of the twentieth century. Incorporating Blackfeet voices
throughout his study, Rosier shows how transformations were not
imposed on the Blackfeet but were the result of their continuing
efforts to create a community of their own design and to reorganize
relations with outsiders on their own terms. "Rebirth of the
Blackfeet Nation, 1912-1954" illuminates a pivotal time in modern
Indian-white relations and broadens our understanding of the
meaning of democracy in America.
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The Mohawk (Hardcover)
Samuel Willard Crompton; Series edited by Paul C. Rosier
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R1,083
Discovery Miles 10 830
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The word mohawk means many things to different people: a river, a
valley, a tribe, even a type of haircut. Just as Sioux conjures up
an image of the Great Plains, horses, and war bonnets, the name
Mohawk often summons images of the Northeast Woodland, gushing
streams, and the tomahawk. In recent times, the Mohawk have added
iron and steel work to their traditional art of basket weaving, and
one is as likely to find a Mohawk on the streets of Manhattan or
Montreal as in the woodlands. Like other Native American tribes,
their lives were disrupted forever when Europeans arrived in the
17th century. Today the tribe continues to struggle to hold on to
their land and traditions. Read about the Mohawk in this new title,
complete with vivid photographs, an engaging narrative, and helpful
reference features.
Between 1675 and 1676, King Philip's War shattered native tribes
and devastated the new English colonies in one of the most
significant American wars of the 17th century. The conflict that
triggered this terrible war developed over 50 years, as Indians
found their lands shrinking and their resources threatened by the
colonists. The powerful Pequot and Narragansett tribes were
subjugated, and Wampanoag leader King Philip (Metacom) saw his
lands taken and his counselors executed. In July 1675, his warriors
started an uprising that gained the support of other tribes and
sent refugees streaming into Boston. ""King Philip's War"" is a
penetrating account of this decisive confrontation, which
ultimately led to the end of native independence in the area.
This volume presents six major issues that have been divisive in
and out of the Native American community. Readers will learn about
the varied cultural, political, social, and economic dimensions of
contemporary Native America and will be prompted to consider the
complexity and complications of ethnic and cultural diversity in
the United States. Where do you stand on the issue of sports teams
named after Native Americans? Are tribal claims on ancestral
remains and sacred objects in museums valid? The contemporary
issues that Native Americans struggle with are critical concerns
for all Americans. This volume presents six major issues that have
been divisive in and out of the Native American community. Readers
will learn about the varied cultural, political, social, and
economic dimensions of contemporary Native America and will be
prompted to consider the complexity and complications of ethnic and
cultural diversity in the United States. Readers will ponder the
very foundations of the United States and the rights of its
original inhabitants' descendants. The range of issues encompasses
Native Americans throughout the country, from the Mashpee
Wampanoags of Massachusetts to Pacific Northwest tribes. This book
incorporates views from a wide variety of sources, including
newspaper op-eds, Supreme Court rulings, and more. A resource guide
complementing each chapter includes an extensive listing of
suggested reading plus videos/film, Web sites, and organizations.
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The Comanche (Hardcover)
T. Jensen Lacey; Series edited by Paul C. Rosier
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R1,065
Discovery Miles 10 650
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The Comanche are a fascinating people with an intriguing history.
Settling on the South Plains of the United States on what would
become known as the Comancheria, the Comanche trace their tribal
origins to a Bering Strait migration and a union with the Shoshone.
Earning a reputation as the fiercest of fighters, the greatest of
horse riders, and the "Lords of the Plains," these people ruled the
Comancheria for a 150-year period, striking fear into white
settlers, U.S. soldiers, and other Native Americans alike. Before
turning themselves in to the reservation, their lives were nomadic
and free, moving with the great buffalo herds. The Comanche brings
readers a wealth of history, tradition, and myths of these vibrant
people and culminates with information about the Comanche people in
present-day society.
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The Apache Wars (Paperback)
Joseph C. Jastrzembski; Series edited by Paul C. Rosier
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R1,065
Discovery Miles 10 650
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For a quarter century - 1861 to 1886 - the U.S. military attempted
to subjugate one of the largest Indian tribes of what is today the
American Southwest. ""The Apache Wars"" is the gripping tale of how
thanks to leaders such as Victorio and Geronimo, the Apache Indians
held out longer than any other major U.S. tribe. This book also
tells of how the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 ultimately forced
the final free Apache bands to settle on government reservations.
In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized
President Andrew Jackson to move eastern Indian tribes west of the
Mississippi River to Indian Territory. Often solely associated with
the Cherokee, the ""Trail of Tears"" more accurately describes the
forced removal of the Five Civilized Tribes, which in addition to
the Cherokee includes the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.
This book is an insightful and honest exploration of this dark
chapter in Native American history.
The removal of Black Hawk and his band of Sauk and Fox Indians
essentially opened much of what was then the Northwest Territory of
the United States - Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
and part of Minnesota - to white settlement. ""Black Hawk and the
War of 1832"" reveals in searing detail how the Black Hawk War
culminated in a final battle at Bad Axe River in Wisconsin that was
so brutal that many local tribes fled to the West.
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