Ecocide of Native America: Environmental Destruction of Indian Lands and Peoples
Ecocide of Native America: Environmental Destruction of Indian Lands and Peoples by Donald A. Grinde is a First Edition published by Clear Light Pub in 1994. This 320-page book presents a historical examination of the environmental degradation faced by Native American communities, highlighting the ongoing impact on their lands and ways of life. Through a detailed narrative, it addresses the urgent need to understand these issues in the context of broader ecological concerns.
Readers will find a thorough exploration of the social conditions affecting Indigenous peoples in South America, as well as personal testimonies that illustrate the profound effects of environmental destruction. The book serves as a critical resource for those interested in alternative perspectives on history and the intersection of ecological and social justice. Grinde’s work emphasizes the importance of acknowledging these difficult truths as part of the conversation about environmental sustainability and the future of our planet.
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“This book is not only a work of history, it makes history…. We desperately need to hear this story if we are to save the earth, the sky, the water, the air — save ourselves…. I thank Donald Grinde and Bruce Johansen for their eloquent and powerful contribution to our education”. (Howard Zinn) “A dense, hard-hitting well-documented work … Ecocide of Native America offers a much needed option to European perspectives of history…. It is a valuable alternative textbook, if you can hold with its difficult truths”. (New Mexican) The book includes the moving testimony of those who continue to experience the slow death of their lands, their means of subsistence, their communities, even as environmentalists look to Native American ecological precedents for solutions to our common global catastrophe.
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