Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice in the US: Indigenous communities

This volume clearly distinguishes Indigenous environmental justice (IEJ) from the broader idea of environmental justice (EJ) while offering detailed examples from recent history of environmental injustices that have occurred in Indian Country.

This timely volume explores the ways in which indigenous peoples across the world are challenged by climate change impacts, and discusses the legal resources available to confront those challenges.

Analyzes how an anomalous confluence of federal environmental, administrative and Indian law exacerbates environmental injustice in Indian country.

Case studies in which Native communities and their rural neighbors join together to protect natural resources against threats such as mines, dams, or an oil pipeline.

With a long history and deep connection to the Earth's resources, indigenous peoples have an intimate understanding and ability to observe the impacts linked to climate change. Traditional ecological knowledge and tribal experience play a key role in developing future scientific solutions for adaptation to the impacts.

Study of literature and social media by (primarily) Native women who are writing about and protesting against displacement caused both by forced relocation and environmental disaster.

This collection studies the practice of tribal sovereignty with an emphasis on the development and regulatory challenges these tribes face in the wake of climate change.

Examines new and innovative ideas concerning Native land conservancies, providing advice on land trusts, collaborations, and conservation groups.

Through the unique lens of "Indigenized environmental justice," Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker explores the fraught history of treaty violations, struggles for food and water security, and protection of sacred sites, while highlighting the important leadership of Indigenous women in this centuries-long struggle.