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The Southwestern Reporter
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1226

The Southwestern Reporter

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1899
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Arid Empire
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 209

Arid Empire

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-01-17
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  • Publisher: Verso Books

A revelatory new history of the colonization of the American West **Longlisted for the 2023 Cundill History Prize** The iconic deserts of the American southwest could not have been colonized and settled without the help of desert experts from the Middle East. For example: In 1856, a caravan of thirty-three camels arrived in Indianola, Texas, led by a Syrian cameleer the Americans called "Hi Jolly." This "camel corps," the US government hoped, could help the army secure the new southwest swath of the country just wrested from Mexico. Though the dream of the camel corps - and sadly, the camels - died, the idea of drawing on expertise, knowledge, and practices from the desert countries of the M...

Statement of Disbursements of the House as Compiled by the Chief Administrative Officer from ...
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 900

Statement of Disbursements of the House as Compiled by the Chief Administrative Officer from ...

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014-04
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Covers receipts and expenditures of appropriations and other funds.

A Nation Within
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 327

A Nation Within

  • Categories: Law

Examines land-use patterns and economic development on the Navajo Nation, telling a story about resource exploitation and tribal sovereignty.

Guided by the Mountains
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 249

Guided by the Mountains

Guided by the Mountains looks at the tensions between Indigenous political philosophy and the challenges faced by Indigenous nations in building political institutions that address contemporary problems and enact "good governance."

A Diary of Coercion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 416

A Diary of Coercion

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1888
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Over the Seawall
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 266

Over the Seawall

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-10-31
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  • Publisher: Island Press

In March 2011, people in a coastal Japanese city stood atop a seawall watching the approach of the tsunami that would kill them. They believed--naively--that the huge concrete barrier would save them. Instead, they perished, betrayed by the very thing built to protect them. Academics call it maladaptation; in simple terms, it's about solutions that backfire. Over the Seawall tells the stories behind these unintended consequences and the fixes that do more harm than good. From seawalls in coastal Japan, to reengineered waters in the Ganges River Delta, to the ribbon of water supporting both farms and cities in parched Arizona, we visit engineering marvels once deemed too smart and too big to fail. After each we better understand how complicated, grandiose schemes fail. Ultimately, we learn that if we are to adapt successfully to climate change, we must recognize that working with nature is not surrender but the only way to assure a secure future.

Vital Relations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 166

Vital Relations

Relationality is a core principle of Indigenous studies, yet there is relatively little work that assesses what building relations looks like in practice, especially in the messy context of Native nations' governance. Focusing on the unique history and context of Osage nation building efforts, this insightful ethnography provides a deeper vision of the struggles Native nation leaders are currently facing. Exploring the Osage philosophy of moving to a new country as a framework for relational governance, Jean Dennison shows that for the Osage, nation building is an ongoing process of reworking colonial constraints to serve the nation’s own ends. As Dennison argues, Osage officials have undertaken deliberate changes to strengthen Osage relations to their language, self-governance, health, and land—core needs for a people to thrive now and into the future. Scholars and future Indigenous leaders can learn from the Osage Nation’s past challenges, strategies, and ongoing commitments to better enact the difficult work of Indigenous nation building.

Indigenous Resurgence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 174

Indigenous Resurgence

From the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s resistance against the Dakota Access pipeline to the Nepalese Newar community’s protest of the Fast Track Road Project, Indigenous peoples around the world are standing up and speaking out against global capitalism to protect the land, water, and air. By reminding us of the fundamental importance of placing Indigenous politics, histories, and ontologies at the center of our social movements, Indigenous Resurgence positions environmental justice within historical, social, political, and economic contexts, exploring the troubling relationship between colonial and environmental violence and reframing climate change and environmental degradation through an anticolonial lens.

Diné Perspectives
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 211

Diné Perspectives

What does it mean to be a Navajo (Diné) person today? What does it mean to “respect tradition”? How can a contemporary life be informed by the traditions of the past? These are the kinds of questions addressed by contributors to this unusual and pathbreaking book. All of the contributors are coming to personal terms with a phrase that underpins the matrix of Diné culture: Sa’ah Naagháí Bik’eh Hózhóón. Often referred to simply as SNBH, the phrase can be translated in many ways but is generally understood to mean “one’s journey of striving to live a long, harmonious life.” The book offers a variety of perspectives of Diné men and women on the Diné cultural paradigm that ...