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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 25
Page 52
... continues to inflict pain , suffering , and heartache on the Elders . In many ways , it will continue to affect the youth of the Next Seven Generations . THE MOON OF THE HUCKLEBERRIES : MONTANA To heal ourselves , we must heal the Earth ...
... continues to inflict pain , suffering , and heartache on the Elders . In many ways , it will continue to affect the youth of the Next Seven Generations . THE MOON OF THE HUCKLEBERRIES : MONTANA To heal ourselves , we must heal the Earth ...
Page 107
... continues to mine its land , raise sheep , goats , and cattle . For anyone who has been to the Navajo Reservation near Window Rock or Ship Rock , the environmen- tal effects of mining are obvious . Oil drilling rigs are abundant as are ...
... continues to mine its land , raise sheep , goats , and cattle . For anyone who has been to the Navajo Reservation near Window Rock or Ship Rock , the environmen- tal effects of mining are obvious . Oil drilling rigs are abundant as are ...
Page 110
... continues to create health hazards for Navajo families . There are 22 homes in the Red Valley area and several dozen more across the reservation constructed from mine tailings or ra- dioactive rocks - uranium bearing sandstone fractures ...
... continues to create health hazards for Navajo families . There are 22 homes in the Red Valley area and several dozen more across the reservation constructed from mine tailings or ra- dioactive rocks - uranium bearing sandstone fractures ...
Other editions - View all
Keepers of the Central Fire: Issues in Ecology for Indigenous Peoples Lorelei A. Lambert Limited preview - 1999 |
Common terms and phrases
American Indian animals Arctic Athabascans atoms Belknap berries Big Crane Black Hills breast cancer Canada Canadian caribou caused ceremonies chemicals coal communities contamination Cree culture cyanide dioxin disease dump Elders environment environmental health Europeans fish Flathead gold grandmother healing healthcare human hunting Indigenous Inuit issues James Bay Kerr Dam kids Kiowa Lake Lakota land language levels living Maori medicine medicine wheel ment mental mercury million miners mining Mohawk Montana Mother Earth mountains Nations Native natural Navajo Navajo Nation North nuclear nursing Ojibwe PCBs Peabody percent pesticides plants pollution problems radiation radioactive radium radon rain forest reindeer relationship Reservation River rock ronmental sacred Salish Kootenai College salmon Sami shaman Sioux Skagit Skagit River spirits theory things tion Today toxic traditional treaty trees tribal members tribes Upper Skagit Tribe uranium waste White Earth women