Daughters of Mother Earth is nothing less than a new way of looking at history--or more correctly, the reestablishment of a very old way. It holds that for too long, elements unnatural to Native American ways of knowing have been imposed on the study of Native America. Euro-American discourse styles, emphasizing elite male privilege and conceptual linearity, have drowned out the democratic and woman-centered Native approaches. Even when the damage of western linearity is understood to occur, analysis of Native American history, society, and culture has still been relentlessly placed...
Daughters of Mother Earth is nothing less than a new way of looking at history--or more correctly, the reestablishment of a very old way. It...
Women make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and people of color communities. New Perspectives on Environmental Justice is the first collection of essays that pays tribute to the enormous contributions women have made in these endeavors.
The writers offer varied examples of environmental justice issues such as children's environmental health campaigns, cancer research, AIDS/HIV activism, the Environmental Genome Project, and popular culture, among many others. Each one focuses on...
Women make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and peop...
This anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry celebrates the rich diversity of writing by Native American women today. Editors Heid E. Erdrich and Laura Tohe have gathered stories from across the nation that celebrate, record, and explore Native American women's roles in community. The result is a rich tapestry that contains work by established writers along with emerging and first-time authors. Contributors include Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, Diane Glancy, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Allison Hedge Coke, LeAnne Howe, Roberta Hill, Kim Blaeser, Linda LeGarde Grover, with a foreword by Winona LaDuke.
This anthology of fiction, prose, and poetry celebrates the rich diversity of writing by Native American women today. Editors Heid E. Erdrich and Laur...
Make a Beautiful Way is nothing less than a new way of looking at history or more correctly, the reestablishment of a very old way. For too long, Euro-American discourse styles, emphasizing elite male privilege and conceptual linearity, have drowned out democratic and woman-centered Native approaches. Even when myopic western linearity is understood to be at work, analysis of Native American history, society, and culture has still been consistently placed in male custody. The recovery of women s traditions is the overarching theme in this collection of essays that helps reframe Native...
Make a Beautiful Way is nothing less than a new way of looking at history or more correctly, the reestablishment of a very old way. For too lon...
When it became public that Osama bin Laden s death was announced with the phrase Geronimo, EKIA many Native people, including Geronimo s descendants, were insulted to discover that the name of a Native patriot was used as a code name for a world-class terrorist. Geronimo descendant Harlyn Geronimo explained, Obviously to equate Geronimo with Osama bin Laden is an unpardonable slander of Native America and its most famous leader. The Militarization of Indian Country illuminates the historical context of these negative stereotypes, the long political and economic relationship...
When it became public that Osama bin Laden s death was announced with the phrase Geronimo, EKIA many Native people, including Geronimo s descenda...
Haymarket Books proudly brings back into print Winona LaDuke's seminal work of Native resistance to oppression.
This thoughtful, in-depth account of Nativestruggles againstenvironmental and cultural degradation features chapters on the Seminoles, the Anishinaabeg, the Innu, the Northern Cheyenne, and the Mohawks, among others. Filled with inspiring testimonies of struggles for survival, each page of this volume speaks forcefully for self-determination and community.
Winona LaDuke was named by Time in 1994 as one of America's fifty most promising leaders under...
Haymarket Books proudly brings back into print Winona LaDuke's seminal work of Native resistance to oppression.
The indigenous imperative to honor nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling. Formal protections exist for Native American religious expression, but not for the places and natural resources integral to ceremonies. Under what conditions can traditional beliefs be best practiced?
"Recovering the Sacred "features a wealth of native research and hundreds of interviews with indigenous scholars and activists.
Winona LaDuke was named by "Time "in 1994 as one of America's fifty most promising leaders under forty. In 1996 and 2000, LaDuke...
The indigenous imperative to honor nature is undermined by federal laws approving resource extraction through mining and drilling. Formal protectio...
