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On the Swamp : Fighting for Indigenous Environmental Justice / Ryan Emanuel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Emanuel, Ryan E., author.
- 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.
- Indigenous people--Political activity--North Carolina.
- Indigenous people of North America--Political activity--North Carolina.
- Indians of North America--Civil rights--North Carolina.
- Indigenous people--Civil rights--North Carolina.
- Local Subjects:
- Indigenous people--Political activity--North Carolina.
- Indigenous people of North America--Political activity--North Carolina.
- Indigenous people--Civil rights--North Carolina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- University of North Carolina Press 2024
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina : 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:
- Introduction : On the swamp, February 2017
- Whose land? Reimagining land acknowledgement
- 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
- Conclusion : On the swamp, April 2022.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890887177
- 9781469678344
- 1469678349
- 9781469678337
- 1469678330
- OCLC:
- 1428131952
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