Native defenders of the environment / Vincent Schilling.
Material type: TextSeries: Native trailblazersPublication details: Summertown, Tenn. : 7th Generation/Native Voices, ©2011.Description: xvi, 127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 0977918378
- 9780977918379
- 9781570679957
- 1570679959
- 0329854801
- 9780329854805
- GF50 .S34 2011
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QH541.15 .H86 M44 2015 Learning outdoors with the Meek family. | QH541.15.H86 N23 1994 The geography of childhood : why children need wild places / | QH541.15.H86 R58 1995 The great outdoors : restoring children's right to play outside / | QH541.15.H86 S35 2011 Native defenders of the environment / | QH541.15.H86 S63 2002 Children's special places : exploring the role of forts, dens, and bush houses in middle childhood / | QH541.15.H86 S63 2008 Childhood and nature : design principles for educators / | QH541.15.H86 S63 2013 Place-based education : connecting classrooms and communities / |
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.