Indigenous Environmental Justice

Indigenous Environmental JusticeThis volume clearly distinguishes Indigenous environmental justice (IEJ) from the broader idea of environmental justice (EJ) while offering detailed examples from recent history of environmental injustices that have occurred in Indian Country. 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

“A small masterpiece of compelling

Signaled panic

as the people of Mozhay Point navigate traumatic historical events and federal Indian policies while looking ahead to future generations and the continuation of the Anishinaabe people

elders of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe transmit a storehouse of experience and memories

Ringing with insight and honesty

As young women

There is much to commend here: the lack of sugar-coating

Similar attention is lavished on the tallest of the Three Sisters: mandamin

Across North America

Winona LaDuke is a leader in cultural-based sustainable development strategies

Here is real food—our indigenous American fruits and vegetables

including non-Indigenous comrades and relatives who live on Indigenous land