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• Title:Native defenders of the environment / Vincent Schilling.
  
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• Author/Creator:Schilling, Vincent.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Xwi7xwa Collection
  
• Published/Created:Summertown, Tenn. : 7th Generation/Native Voices, ©2011.
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: YUB S35 E58 2011a
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples
  Indigenous Peoples--Environment.
  
• Library of Congress Subjects: Ethnoecology.
  Indian activists.
  Environmentalism.
  Environmental justice.
  
• Genre/Form:Biographies
  
• Description:xvi, 127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  
• Series:Native trailblazers.
  
• Summary:Presents stories of courage, determination, and resistance to multinational corporations and disastrous government policies that are harming the planet and describes how eleven Native people work to save our environment.
  
• Local note:First Nations author - St. Regis Mohawk.
  
• Notes:Includes glossary.
  Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9780977918379 (pbk.)
  0977918378 (pbk.)
  9781570679957 (e-book)
  1570679959 (e-book)
  
• Contents:Chapter 1 Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Lubicon Lake Band of Cree) : uses her passion to stop oil extraction from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada
  Chapter 2 Winona LaDuke (White Earth Band of Ojibwe) : works to reclaim Native lands, advocates renewable energy resources, and protects Native cultures
  Chapter 3 Clayton Thomas-Muller (Mathais Colomb Cree Nation) : advocates for Indigenous self-determination and campaigns against tar sands extraction
  Chapter 4 Ben Powless (Mohawk) : addresses climate change issues with his youthful energy and skills
  Chapter 5 Tom Goldtooth (Navajo/Dakota) : fights for environmental and economic justice, sustainable development, and effective economic systems
  Chapter 6 Grace Thorpe (Sac and Fox Nation) : dedicated her retirement years to keeping Native reservations from becoming nuclear waste dumps
  Chapter 7 Sarah James (Gwich'in) : defends the Porcupine caribou herd and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska
  Chapter 8 Enei Begaye (Navajo) and Evon Peter (Gwich'in) : work as a couple on environmental issues and sustainable strategies for Native people
  Chapter 9 Klee Benally (Navajo) : uses the media to empower Native communities in their fight for environmental justice
  Chapter 10 Teague Allston (Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia) : works for environmental justice and ensures a tribal voice is heard in Washington, DC.