United States: Self-Determining Environmental Justice For Native America

United States: Self-Determining Environmental Justice For Native America   James M. Grijalva, 2011   Modern environmental law in the United States is predicated on federal-state partnerships that did not initially account for pollution and environmental degradation of Native America. The resulting regulatory gap threatened not only the human health of communities of color, but also the ability of indigenous peoples to self-determine their cultural destinies. Tribal self-determination...

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