Fitzgerald, Stephanie J.

Native women and land : narratives of dispossession and resurgence / Stephanie J. Fitzgerald. - x, 163 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Towards a land narrative -- [1] Akiing / Land -- Removals and long walks -- "This scrap of earth" : Louise Erdrich, environmentalism, and the postallotment reservation -- [2] Niibi / Water -- "An ancient pact, now broken" : activism and environmental justice in Solar storms and From the river's edge -- Climate change as indigenous dispossession for the 21st century : the United Houma Nation of Louisiana and the Alaska Native villages of Kivalina and Shishmaref -- Conclusion: "Idle no more" : First Nations women and environmental struggles.

9780826355577 (cloth : alkaline paper) 9780826352620 (paperback)

2014019824


Indians of North America--Land tenure.
Indian women--Social conditions.--North America
Indian women--Political activity--North America.
Environmentalism--North America.
Land use--Political aspects--North America.
Land use--Environmental aspects--North America.


North America--Environmental conditions.
North America--Ethnic relations.

E98.L3 / F58 2015

973.04/97