Grossman, Zoltán,

Unlikely alliances : Native nations and white communities join to defend rural lands / Zoltán Grossman ; foreword by Winona LaDuke. - first edition. - Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xxviii, 362 pages) - Indigenous confluences .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part 1. Running upstream -- Fish wars and co-management (Western Washington) -- Water wars and breaching dams (Northwest Plateau) -- Part 2. Militarized lands and skies -- Military projects and environmental racism (Nevada and Southern Wisconsin) -- Part 3. Keeping it in the ground -- Resource wars and sharing sacred lands (Montana and South Dakota) -- Fossil fuel shipping and blocking (Northern Plains and Pacific Northwest) -- Fishing and mining -- Fishing and exclusion (Northern Wisconsin) -- Mining and inclusion (Northern Wisconsin) -- Conclusion.

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 --



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Indians of North America--Government relations.
White people--Relations with Indians.
Land use, Rural--West (U.S.)
Conservation of natural resources--West (U.S.)
Natural resources--Environmental aspects--West (U.S.)
Energy development--Environmental aspects--West (U.S.)
Energy policy--Social aspects--West (U.S.)
Environmental policy--Social aspects--West (U.S.)
Environmental justice--Political aspects--West (U.S.)
Indians of North America--Land tenure--West (U.S.)


Electronic Books.

E93 / .U555 2017