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Sovereignty for survival: American energy development and Indian self-determination

By III , Allison , James Robert

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN
9780300206692, 9780300216219, 0300216211
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4072701 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Energy policy--Social aspects;Energy policy--Socia

Description

This volume shows how American Indians fulfilled the promise of Indian self-determination by reclaiming control over reservation resources. During America's 1970s quest for energy independence, tribes possessing valuable minerals resisted massive mining projects threatening their indigenous communities. They also launched a national campaign to improve their tribal governments' capacity to manage reservation land. Working with federal agencies tasked with increasing domestic energy production, these groups created the Council of Energy Resource Tribes to educate tribal leaders and broker deals that could provide energy to the nation and revenue for the tribes.

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