LEADER 03948nam 22006135 450 001 9910659489803321 005 20240410231859.0 010 $a9783031218965$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031218958 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-21896-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7203017 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7203017 035 $a(CKB)26154734900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-21896-5 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926154734900041 100 $a20230209d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aResource Devastation on Native American Lands$b[electronic resource] $eToxic Earth, Poisoned People /$fby Bruce E. Johansen 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (234 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Johansen, Bruce E. Resource Devastation on Native American Lands Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031218958 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Land of the Toxic Turtles -- Chapter 3. The Deadly Yellow Dirt -- Chapter 4. Pig-shit Showers: A Neighbourly Stench -- Chapter 5. An Ice World Melts -- Chapter 6. The Inuit (and Others): If It Swims, It?s Poison -- Chapter 7. Alberta?s Moonscape: If This Sounds Apocalyptic, It Is -- Chapter 8. Mining: Angering the Water Babies and Tearing at Mother?s Breast. 330 $aThis book focuses on the toxic legacy of Native North America, which is pervasive but largely invisible to most non-Native peoples. Many toxic sites are located in out-of-the-way rural areas largely forgotten by the majority of America, but which nonetheless have supplied its industries with the rudiments of manufacturing for the better part of a century before being closed and cast aside. Thousands of contaminated sites exist in the United States due to dumped, left out, or otherwise improperly managed hazardous waste. These sites include manufacturing facilities, processing plants, landfills, and mining sites. Based on the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleans up these so-called Superfund sites, of which roughly 40 percent are located in Native country. The book links present-day Native American cultural and economic revival to a fundamental struggle to restore the health of both Native peoples and their homelands. It links past and present with a sense of Native Americans? perceptions of nature and the sacred land. By doing so, it also provides the majority society with an example to emulate as we emerge, by necessity, from the age of fossil fuels into a sustainable energy paradigm. This makes the book a must-read for students, scholars, and researchers of Native American studies, US politics, environmental studies, public policy, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the environmental devastation of Native land and its consequences. . 606 $aPollution 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aSustainability 606 $aAmerican Politics 606 $aPollution 606 $aPolitics and Human Rights 606 $aSustainability 606 $aHistory of the Americas 607 $aAmerica$xHistory 607 $aAmerica$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPollution. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 0$aSustainability. 615 14$aAmerican Politics. 615 24$aPollution. 615 24$aPolitics and Human Rights. 615 24$aSustainability. 615 24$aHistory of the Americas. 676 $a363.7384 700 $aJohansen$b Bruce E.$01079900 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910659489803321 996 $aResource Devastation on Native American Lands$93030768 997 $aUNINA