Native defenders of the environment /

Schilling, Vincent.

Native defenders of the environment / Vincent Schilling. - Summertown, Tenn. : 7th Generation/Native Voices, ©2011. - xvi, 127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Native trailblazers series . - Native trailblazers. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Melina Laboucan-Massimo (Lubicon Lake Band of Cree) -- Winona LaDuke (White Earth Band of Ojibwe) -- Clayton Thomas-Muller (Mathais Colomb Cree Nation) -- Ben Powless (Mohawk) -- Tom Goldtooth (Navajo/Dakota) -- Grace Thorpe (Sac and Fox Nation) -- Sarah James (Gwich'in) -- Enei Begaye (Navajo) and Evon Peter (Gwich'in) -- Klee Benally (Navajo) -- Teague Allston (Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia).

Written especially for young readers, this volume highlighting the varied contributions of eleven Native/First Nations people in environmental justice work is part of the Native Trailblazer Series. (Miller Library Staff) Presents stories of courage, determination, and resistance to multinational corporations and disastrous government policies that are harming the planet and describes how eleven Native people work to save our environment.

Recommended for secondary school (age 13-18) and up and for parents and teachers.

0977918378 9780977918379 9781570679957 1570679959 0329854801 9780329854805

1325077 QBI

2011023830


Indigenous peoples--Ecology--Juvenile literature.
Indian activists.
Environmentalism.
Environmental justice.

GF50 / .S34 2011

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