Keepers of the Central Fire: Issues in Ecology for Indigenous PeoplesJones and Bartlett, 1999 - 250 pages The health of Native Americans is intimately tied to the health of the environment. Yet abuses of land, water, and air continue to compromise the health of native people and their land rights. This fascinating book explores this intimate relationship between people and the land, and environment and health. Here is an important message for health care providers, ecologists, and those who attempt to live their lives in harmony with the earth. |
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... University Environmental Resource seminar , is the Natural Resource Officer for the Gros Ventre / Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Reservation . A graduate of Haskell Indian Na- tions University in Kansas , Rose earned a master's ...
... University Environmental Resource seminar , is the Natural Resource Officer for the Gros Ventre / Assiniboine Tribes of the Fort Belknap Reservation . A graduate of Haskell Indian Na- tions University in Kansas , Rose earned a master's ...
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... University , Mason Durie , indi- cates : The time is now for the government to have a treaty policy rather than the current " Treaty settlement policy . " A major breakthrough in health will come when fundamental issues like poverty ...
... University , Mason Durie , indi- cates : The time is now for the government to have a treaty policy rather than the current " Treaty settlement policy . " A major breakthrough in health will come when fundamental issues like poverty ...
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... University of Okla- homa Press . Deloria , V. ( 1973 ) . God is red ( 2nd ed . ) . New York : Fulcrum . DeMaille ... University of Indiana Press . Frey , R. ( 1987 ) . The world of the Crow Indians . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press ...
... University of Okla- homa Press . Deloria , V. ( 1973 ) . God is red ( 2nd ed . ) . New York : Fulcrum . DeMaille ... University of Indiana Press . Frey , R. ( 1987 ) . The world of the Crow Indians . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press ...
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