Native Americans and the Environment: A Survey of Twentieth-Century Issues

Lewis, David Rich

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“…For example, destruction of Native American cultural landscapes through invasive domesticates brought by European settlers led to the loss of harvesting sites including bison grazing grounds, clam banks, grasslands and riverbanks, and habitats for foods and medicines such as wild-managed camas (Camassia spp.) and bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva) (Cronon 1983;Lewis 1995;Warren 1996;Bonnicksen et al 1999). In the Pacific, the voracious crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planchi) reef invasion has caused massive coral dieback and the loss of viable habitat for hundreds of reef species, culturally damaging islander communities (Crosby et al 2002, p. 123).…”

Section: Biological Invasions and Cultural Landscapesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biological invasions and biocultural diversity: linking ecological and cultural systems

2008

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SUMMARYStudy of the ecological and economic effects of invasive species has paralleled their progressively pervasive influence worldwide, yet their cultural impacts remain largely unexamined and therefore unrecognized. Unlike biological systems, where the ecological consequences of biological invasions are primarily negative, from an ethnoscientific standpoint, invasive species' impacts on cultural systems span a range of effects. Biological invasions affect cultural groups in myriad, often unpredictable and at times contradictory ways. This review groups case studies into a conceptual matrix suggesting three categorically different cultural impacts of invasive species. Culturally impoverishing invasive species precipitate the loss or replacement of culturally important native species and their associated cultural practices. Culturally enriching invasive species augment cultural traditions, through their inclusion in lexicons, narratives, foods, pharmacopoeias and other tangible and intangible ends. Culturally facilitating invasive species can provide continuity and reformulation of traditional ethnobiological practices. An understanding of the processes by which invasive biota become culturally enriching, facilitating, or impoverishing can contribute to articulating interdisciplinary programmes aimed at simultaneously conserving biological and cultural diversity.

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Section: Biological Invasions and Cultural Landscapesmentioning

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Biological invasions and biocultural diversity: linking ecological and cultural systems

2008

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“…At several of the western DOE sites, Native American populations are prominent. Native Americans have historically expressed strong beliefs about the DOE's future land use plans and use of resources [38,39]. As such, we expected to find a disproportionate number of Native Americans in this most interested group.…”

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Sustainability as a Priority at Major U.S. Department of Energy’s Defense Sites: Surrounding Population Views

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Sustainability is rapidly becoming a widely accepted and desired attitude, as well as a stimulus for both environmentally-conscious individuals and firm behavior. However, does the public interest in sustainability also extend to large U.S. federal agencies? Does the public care about on-site sustainability programs? To answer this question, we surveyed 922 people who live within 50 miles of one of four U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) major facilities: Hanford, Idaho National Laboratory, Savannah River and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Only 14% expressed no interest in DOE's on-site sustainability efforts. Five percent said that they were interested enough to join a local community group to provide feedback to the DOE; 49% were interested and wanted more information, as well as interaction with the DOE's site-specific advisory boards or local elected officials. Compared to other DOE on-site activities, respondents rated sustainability as "somewhat important". Native Americans who live near a site, are familiar with it and self-identify as interested in environmental protection disproportionately belong to the "most interested" category. We conclude that public interest is sufficient to merit outreach by DOE to involve interested and knowledgeable local residents in on-site sustainability plans.

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“…In addition, millions of acres of Indian timber were transferred by executive order into adjacent national forests and parks, and Native American people were banned from setting fires (Lewis 1995).…”

Section: The United States Government: Federal Laws and Legal Decisiomentioning

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“…In Wisconsin and Minnesota, extensive forests on Indian reservations were prime targets for exploitation by non-Indian timber industries (Godfrey 1996). As white pine, red pine (Pinus resinosa), and eastern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis) disappeared in the Lake States (Ryan 2006), timber corporations moved to easily accessible private and public domain in the West, and then to Indian timber (White 1992, Lewis 1995, Ryan 2006.…”

Section: Native Americans the Federal Government And Timbermentioning

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“…Tribal timber corporations and government-managed timber sales brought a level of economic prosperity after World War II. However, the early efforts of the BIA and Forest Service officials to manage timber resources were directed at outlawing beneficial Indian fires in the fire-dependent landscapes of the West (Lewis 1973, White 1992, Lewis 1995, Godfrey 1996.…”

Section: The Secretary Of the Interior Is Directed To Make Rules And mentioning

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The Tribal Perspective of Old Growth in Frequent-fire Forests—Its History

Yazzie¹

2007

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ABSTRACT. Anyone who has not lived in "Indian country" cannot understand just how extensively the United States government and its laws affect Native Americans and their natural resource management. These effects are sobering, and touch upon sensitive issues that all Native Americans hold within us. In this article, I outline the historic cycle of tribal entities, and characterize today's tribal self-determination in forest management. I provide an historical account from the "colonial" period and its use of the Doctrine of Discovery to the relations between the United States government and Native Americans from the 18 th through the 20 th centuries, during which time Native Americans struggled to establish their legal status as tribes, and solidify their land base to sustain and conserve culturally important lands, including areas of old-growth forests, to the current self-determination and self-governance potential of Indian tribes. More importantly, I discuss the cultural connectivity that Native Americans have to the land, and address the unique inherent right of tribes to integrate this cultural view into current forest management, including the protection of old-growth forests, on their reservations.

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