Reclaimers (e-bog) af Spagna, Ana Maria
Spagna, Ana Maria (forfatter)

Reclaimers e-bog

348,37 DKK (inkl. moms 435,46 DKK)
For most of the past century, Humbug Valley, a forest-hemmed meadow sacred to the Mountain Maidu tribe, was in the grip of a utility company. Washingtons White Salmon River was saddled with a fish-obstructing, inefficient dam, and the Timbisha Shoshone Homeland was unacknowledged within the boundaries of Death Valley National Park. Until people decided to reclaim them.In Reclaimers, Ana Maria S...
E-bog 348,37 DKK
Forfattere Spagna, Ana Maria (forfatter)
Udgivet 1 september 2015
Længde 192 sider
Genrer Memoirs
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780295806273
For most of the past century, Humbug Valley, a forest-hemmed meadow sacred to the Mountain Maidu tribe, was in the grip of a utility company. Washingtons White Salmon River was saddled with a fish-obstructing, inefficient dam, and the Timbisha Shoshone Homeland was unacknowledged within the boundaries of Death Valley National Park. Until people decided to reclaim them.In Reclaimers, Ana Maria Spagna drives an aging Buick up and down the long strip of West Coast mountain rangesthe Panamints, the Sierras, the Cascadesand alongside rivers to meet the people, many of them wise women, who persevered for decades with little hope of success to make changes happen. In uncovering their heroic stories, Spagna seeks a way for herself, and for all of us, to take back and to make right in a time of unsettling ecological change.