@article{1454616,
      recid = {1454616},
      author = {Johansen, Bruce E.},
      title = {Resource devastation on Native American lands : toxic  earth, poisoned people /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xi, 228 pages)},
      abstract = {This book focuses on the toxic legacy of Native North  America, which is pervasive but largely invisible to most  non-Native peoples. Many toxic sites are located in  out-of-the-way rural areas largely forgotten by the  majority of America, but which nonetheless have supplied  its industries with the rudiments of manufacturing for the  better part of a century before being closed and cast  aside. Thousands of contaminated sites exist in the United  States due to dumped, left out, or otherwise improperly  managed hazardous waste. These sites include manufacturing  facilities, processing plants, landfills, and mining sites.  Based on the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response,  Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the US  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleans up these  so-called Superfund sites, of which roughly 40 percent are  located in Native country. The book links present-day  Native American cultural and economic revival to a  fundamental struggle to restore the health of both Native  peoples and their homelands. It links past and present with  a sense of Native Americans' perceptions of nature and the  sacred land. By doing so, it also provides the majority  society with an example to emulate as we emerge, by  necessity, from the age of fossil fuels into a sustainable  energy paradigm. This makes the book a must-read for  students, scholars, and researchers of Native American  studies, US politics, environmental studies, public policy,  as well as policy-makers interested in a better  understanding of the environmental devastation of Native  land and its consequences. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1454616},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21896-5},
}