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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoover, Elizabeth, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Subsistence economy.
Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects.
Mohawk Indians > Government relations.
Food contamination.
Environmental health.
Ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Économie de subsistance > Akwesasne (Quebec et Ont. : Reserve indienne)
Mohawk (Indiens) > Relations avec l'État.
Mohawk (Indiens) > Sante et hygiene.
Aliments > Contamination > Akwesasne (Quebec et Ont. : Reserve indienne)
Biphenyles polychlores > Aspect de l'environnement > Akwesasne (Quebec et Ont. : Reserve indienne)
Mohawk (Indiens) > Conditions environnementales.
Subsistence economy > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Quebec and Ont.)
Mohawk Indians > Health and hygiene.
Environmental health > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Quebec and Ont.)
Food contamination > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Quebec and Ont.)
Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Quebec and Ont.)
Mohawk Indians > Environmental conditions.
Canada > Akwesasne Indian Reserve.
Akwesasne (Quebec et Ont. : Reserve indienne) > Conditions environnementales.
Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Quebec and Ont.) > Environmental conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Driving tour through the political and environmental history of Akwesasne
  • Environmental contamination, health studies, and mitigation politics
  • "We're not going to be guinea pigs" : lessons from community-based participatory research
  • Contamination, convenience, and a changing food culture
  • Pcbs and thrifty genes : broadening the scope of illness explanation.

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