Thinking like a watershed [[electronic resource] ] : voices from the West / / edited by Jack Loeffler and Celestia Loeffler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785557703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, c2012
• ISBN: 1-283-57120-X; 9786613883650; 0-8263-5234-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): LoefflerJack <1936->; LoefflerCelestia <1981->
• Disciplina: 304.20978
• Soggetti: Human ecology - West (U.S.); Desert ecology - West (U.S.); Stream ecology - West (U.S.); Indigenous peoples - Ecology - West (U.S.); West (U.S.) Environmental conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Thinking Like a Watershed: Introduction: Jack Loeffler; Pueblo Watersheds: Places, Cycles, and Life: Rina Swentzell; Connected by Earth: Metaphors from Hopi Tutskwa: Lyle Balenquah; "Don't You Let That Deal Go Down": Navajo Water Rights and the Black Mesa Struggle: Sonia Dickey; Politics of the Colorado River with Stewart Udall: Jack Loeffler; Applying Navajo Tradition to the Modern World: Roy Kady; Tohono O'odham Culture: Embracing Traditional Wisdom: Camilllus Lopez; La Cuenca y la Querencia: The Watershed and the Sense of Place in the Merced and Acequia Landscape: Juan Estevan ArellanoRanching and the Practice of Watershed Conservation: Sid Goodloe; Roots of Hunger: The Quest for a Sustainable Food Culture: Celestia Loeffler; Restorying the Land: Gary Paul Nabhan; Navigating the Rapids of the Future: William deBuys; Conclusion; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: "Produced in conjunction with the documentary radio series entitled ; Watersheds as Commons, this book comprises essays and interviews from a diverse group of southwesterners including members of Tewa, Tohono O'odham, Hopi, Navajo, Hispano, and Anglo cultures. Their varied cultural perspectives are shaped by consciousness and resilience through having successfully endured the aridity and harshness of southwestern environments"--Provided by publisher.