Disclaimer: I won a copy via a Librarything giveaway. I listened to the audio version and now need to get a paper copy as I know I will be using the ideas and information in this book often in my work. She also notes with a sense of hope that Native American culture is typically matrilineal with equitable distribution of power between genders, and many of the strongest Indigenous activists have been and continue to be women. Her acceptance of Marx's dialectics for defining social or environmental justice really rankled me.
There were a lot of individual stories that were interesting in and of themselves but my largest takeaway was the mental model of how people function in the world - a web of mutual responsibility and acknowledgement of the individual outside of human consciousness. I was also interested in the topic because while I was aware of Standing Rock and the #NoDAPL movement, I felt that I didn't have a good grasp of exactly what happened there and why, and wanted to contextua. 2016. All Right Reserved. Provides a wide-ranging historical overview and outlines the fundamental white supremacy/colonialism in law, health, and the "preservation of nature." Not only is this filled with need-to-know American history, b. It continues even today. The colonial injustices were many and are described, and. Running for their lives. As an example of how far that discussion has progressed (and the shortcomings that remain), Gilio-Whitaker analyzes a document commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency, titled Recommendations for fostering environmental justice for Tribes and Indigenous Peoples (2013). As long as grass grows is an important and accessible work recommended for students and scholars of political ecology from the undergraduate level up. The story begins at the “water … But on the other side, I found her descriptions of the "Unsettling America" movement clearer than anything else I've read about it. Without hesitation, Gilio-Whitaker answered: "For white people." Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes), is a Lecturer of American Indian studies at California State University San Marcos, USA; a consultant for tribal and environmental issues; and co-author of “All the real Indians died off” and 20 other myths about Native Americans (Dunbar-Ortiz and Gilio-Whitaker 2016). “As Long as Grass Grows, in the way no other study has done, brilliantly connects historic and ongoing Native American resistance to US colonialism with the movement for environmental justice. However, no author has yet managed to weave a comprehensive history of settler colonialism from an indigenous perspective into the framework of the ongoing struggle for environmental justice. But it is a critique worth understanding, given the importance of forging coalitions between environmentalists and Native Americans with shared interests in resisting the worst excesses of industrialized capitalism.
She makes a convincing argument throughout, laying out many examples of this intersection. Required reading. Without hesitation, Gilio-Whitaker answered: "For white people." For a Masters thesis expanded into a book, this is pretty good.
It's a well-researched survey of their struggle, beginning with the early land confiscation, population displacement and outright genocide, and continuing to the present day. She makes a convincing argument throughout, laying out many examples of this intersection. Thanks to Edelweiss for the ARC. I found that the book was organized in an easy to read manner, being broken up into chapters based on different subjects, such as genocide, health, and non-Nativ. I found lots of food for thought in Dina Gilio-Whitaker book, both good & bad. I received this book as a part of LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer program. She is also an accomplished journalist whose first-hand reporting on the 2016-2017 Standing Rock resistance in North Dakota, and other environmental news stories brings a sense of urgency to the narrative. It greatly and appropriately expands the concept to include injustices done to Native Americans throughout U.S. history.
I received this book as a first-read win here on Goodreads. Refresh and try again. Start studying Zinn Ch. I picked up this book for a few reasons: first, because I am interested in environmentalism but often struggle to see the scope of environmental justice movement beyond small individual choices, like whether it's OK to eat meat, to drive a car, to compost, how to avoid plastic packaging, etc. Published in 2019, this book is an excellent historical work by Colville Confederated Tribes researcher & activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker, that highlights past & current wrongs against Indigenous peoples in America & additionally offers advice & important words of warning for non-Indigenous allies. But there is no doubt the real. I found myself referring to her notes section (very well done!) It was an eye opening book for me and is impo. Start by marking “As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock” as Want to Read: Error rating book.
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