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| Newly revised and expanded edition traces the history of Native American resistance and struggle for decolonization From the Sonora to the Arctic, North America's indigenous peoples have been dispossessed of nearly all their original territory, with the residue—about 2 percent—held under a colonial "trust" authority by the U.S. and Canada. Ironically, the often remote and presumably useless fragments of geography set aside to keep Native Americans out of sight and mind has turned out to be some of the most resource-rich on the planet. Native Americans should thus be among the most affluent sectors of the population, but instead, they are the absolute poorest. The reason for this paradox is clear: the riches of North America’s indigenous nations continue to be channeled into the settler’s economy. By focusing upon certain modes of resource exploitation—uranium mining, coal stripping, hydropower generation and water diversion—Churchill demonstrates clearly that the effects of state/ corporate business in the mostly native-populated hinterlands of the continent are as ecocidal as they are genocidal. The ecological havoc being wreaked cannot be contained within reservation areas, and therefore poses a threat to all North Americans, presenting a common ground upon which Indians and non-Indians alike can and must struggle to repeal the status quo. Winner of the Gustavus Myers Award for Literature on Human Rights Ward Churchill (Keetowah Cherokee) has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues. He is a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a leading member of AIM, and has been a delegate to the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Populations. He is the author of numerous books, including A Little Matter of Genocide and Fantasies of the Master Race. |
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