American Indian Environments: Ecological Issues in Native American History

These essays discuss the historical and contemporary relationships between Native Americans and the natural world. Topics include: environmental religions, Iroquois villages of the 18th century, Navajo natural resources, and subarctic Native Americans and wildlife.

Author: Christopher Vecsey
Publisher: Syracuse University Publications in Continuin
Published: 08/01/1994
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780815622277

About the Author

Reflecting a variety of disciplines, approaches, and viewpoints, this timely collection of ten essays by both Indians and non-Indians covers a wide range of historical periods, areas, and topics concerning the changes in Indian environmental experiences.

Subjects include the role of the environment in American Indian religions; white practices of land use and the exploitation of energy resources on reservations; the historical background of sovereignty, its philosophy and legality; and the plight of various uprooted Indians and the resulting clashes between Indian groups themselves as they compete for scarce resources.