TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schilling,Vincent
TI  - Native defenders of the environment
T2  - Native trailblazers series
SN  - 0977918378
AV  - GF50 .S34 2011
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Summertown, Tenn.
PB  - 7th Generation/Native Voices
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Indian activists
KW  - Environmentalism
KW  - Environmental justice
N1  - 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); Recommended for secondary school (age 13-18) and up and for parents and teachers
N2  - 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
ER  -