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Environmental justice HISTORY Indigenous People of the Americas Indian activists Indians of North America Indians of North America Social conditions Indiens d'Amérique Amérique du Nord Justice environnementale États-Unis NATURE Environmental Conservation & Protection SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnic Studies American Native American Studies United StatesVaughn, Bill
Summary: "Between 1859 and the 1960's missionaries and the U.S. government operated more than five hundred assimilation centers. Their ostensible goal was to solve the "Indian problem" by transforming Indigenous children into English-speaking Christians who could hold down a job or run a farm or manage a household. But as the government finally admitted, the real objective was to steal tribal land. Most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books
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Summary: "Interrogating the concept of environmental justice in the U.S. as it relates to Indigenous peoples, this book argues that a different framework must apply compared to other marginalized communities, while it also attends to the colonial history and structure of the U.S. and ways Indigenous peoples continue to resist, and ways the mainstream environmental movement has been an impediment to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019