Indigenous environmental justice
"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...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Tucson
The University of Arizona Press
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | Indigenous justice
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "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"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | viii, 219 Seiten 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780816540839 978-0-8165-4083-9 |