On the swamp : fighting for Indigenous environmental justice / Ryan E. Emanuel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emanuel, Ryan E., author.

Contributor:

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Traditional ecological knowledge--North Carolina.

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Environmental policy--Social aspects--North Carolina.

Environmental policy.

Lumbee Indians--Land tenure--North Carolina--Robeson County.

Lumbee Indians.

Tuscarora Indians--Land tenure--North Carolina.

Tuscarora Indians.

Swamp ecology--Political aspects--North Carolina.

Swamp ecology.

Indians of North America--Political activity--North Carolina.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Civil rights--North Carolina.

Environmental policy--Social aspects.

Indians of North America--Civil rights.

Indians of North America--Political activity.

Tuscarora Indians--Land tenure.

North Carolina.

North Carolina--Robeson County.

Physical Description:

xiv, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Fighting for Indigenous environmental justice

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Despite centuries of colonialism, Indigenous peoples still occupy parts of their ancestral homelands in what is now Eastern North Carolina-a patchwork quilt of forested swamps, sandy plains, and blackwater streams that spreads across the Coastal Plain between the Fall Line and the Atlantic Ocean. In these backwaters, Lumbees and other American Indians have adapted to a radically transformed world while maintaining vibrant cultures and powerful connections to land and water. This reality is paralleled in Indigenous communities worldwide as Indigenous people continue to assert their rights to self-determination by resisting legacies of colonialism and the continued transformation of their homelands through pollution, unsustainable development, and climate change. Environmental scientist Ryan Emanuel, a member of the Lumbee tribe, shares stories from North Carolina about Indigenous survival and resilience in the face of radical environmental changes. Addressing issues from the loss of wetlands to the arrival of gas pipelines, these stories connect the dots between historic patterns of Indigenous oppression and present-day efforts to promote environmental justice and Indigenous rights on the swamp. Emanuel's scientific insight and deeply personal connections to his home blend together in a book that is both a heartfelt and an analytical call to acknowledge and protect sacred places"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

On the swamp, February 2017

Whose land? Reimagining land acknowledgment

More than one way to own a thing: Indigenous empowerment and erasure

Water in the Lumbee world: refugia transformed

This is Indian land: pipelines and the fight for Indigenous visibility

The smell of money: industrial livestock and racialized environmental harm

Flood: climate change in a watery world

Hope and healing: cultural renewal on the Great Coharie River

Recommendations: Indigenous environmental justice in a transformed world

On the swamp, April 2022.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

ISBN:

9781469678313

1469678314

9781469678320

1469678322

OCLC:

1402022400

Publisher Number:

99996280346