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 47
Page 79
... result of environmental contamination . Other effects of envi- ronmental contamination include an increased incidence of asthma in children and neurotoxically derived psychological problems or develop- mental delay in children . But ...
... result of environmental contamination . Other effects of envi- ronmental contamination include an increased incidence of asthma in children and neurotoxically derived psychological problems or develop- mental delay in children . But ...
Page 132
... result binds to DNA within the cell nucleus and acti- vates specific genetic codes . Hormone mimics , such as the organochlo- rines PCBs , and dioxins , have been shown to disrupt endocrine function . The result is not genetic damage ...
... result binds to DNA within the cell nucleus and acti- vates specific genetic codes . Hormone mimics , such as the organochlo- rines PCBs , and dioxins , have been shown to disrupt endocrine function . The result is not genetic damage ...
Page 170
... result , we had the Maori Wars of 1860-1865 . We were not as strong as the Pakeha ( Whites ) . We had guns , but not good ones . The government took back the treaty and our land was open to the Pakeha . But our Elders are persistent and ...
... result , we had the Maori Wars of 1860-1865 . We were not as strong as the Pakeha ( Whites ) . We had guns , but not good ones . The government took back the treaty and our land was open to the Pakeha . But our Elders are persistent and ...
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