| Unlikely Alliances: Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands Contributor(s): Grossman, Zoltán (Author), LaDuke, Winona (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0295741511 ISBN-13: 9780295741512 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2017000478 |
| Series: Indigenous Confluences |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.64 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Chronological Period - 1970's - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Topical - Ecology - Demographic Orientation - Rural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Often when Native nations assert their treaty rights and sovereignty, they are confronted with a backlash from their neighbors, who are fearful of losing control of the natural resources. Yet, when both groups are faced with an outside threat to their common environment--such as mines, dams, or an oil pipeline--these communities have unexpectedly joined together to protect the resources. Some regions of the United States with the most intense conflicts were transformed into areas with the deepest cooperation between tribes and local farmers, ranchers, and fishers to defend sacred land and water. Unlikely Alliances explores this evolution from conflict to cooperation through place-based case studies in the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes regions during the 1970s through the 2010s. These case studies suggest that a deep love of place can begin to overcome even the bitterest divides. |