The river is in US : fighting toxics in a Mohawk community /

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"Mohawk midwife Katsi Cook lives in Akwesasne, an Indigenous community in upstate New York that is downwind and downstream from three Superfund sites. For years she witnessed elevated rates of miscarriages, birth defects, and cancer in her town, ultimately drawing connections between environmen...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hoover, Elizabeth, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Mohawk Indians > Environmental conditions.
Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)
Food contamination > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)
Environmental health > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)
Mohawk Indians > Health and hygiene.
Mohawk Indians > Government relations.
Subsistence economy > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)
Mohawk > Conditions environnementales.
Biphényles polychlorés > Aspect de l'environnement > Akwesasne (Québec et Ont. : Réserve indienne)
Aliments > Contamination > Akwesasne (Québec et Ont. : Réserve indienne)
Mohawk > Santé et hygiène.
Mohawk > Relations avec l'État.
Économie de subsistance > Akwesasne (Québec et Ont. : Réserve indienne)
HISTORY > Canada > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Ecology
Environmental health
Food contamination
Mohawk Indians > Government relations
Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects
Subsistence economy
Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.) > Environmental conditions.
Akwesasne (Québec et Ont. : Réserve indienne) > Conditions environnementales.
Canada > Akwesasne Indian Reserve
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