"North American Indian Ecology" Book Review by JPWrite
"North American Indian Ecology"
This paper reviews and examines Donald Hughes' book "North American Indian Ecology" which focuses on a wide range of ecological and environmental issues faced by Native American Indians in the 20th century.
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| 2,310 words
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| 2006
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on Jun 05, 2006
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Literature
(American)
, Environmental Studies
(General)
, Native-American Studies
(General)
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Description:
This paper explores and details North American Indian life and culture as portrayed in Donald Hughes' book "North American Indian Ecology." This paper discusses the land issues facing the North American Indian tribes including overgrazing, erosion and assessments of appropriate land usage. The writer of this paper finds Hughes' book to be straightforward and concise in clarifying the characteristics of Indian life such as hunting, food growing and rituals.
From the Paper:
"Tribes are having to mediate the disparate demands of their members and the industrial mindset of the BIA to balance forest use for economic need and preservation for cultural need. Tribes face many of the same problems as non-Native communities held hostage by the timber industry. Replanting has not always kept pace with harvesting on public or trust lands. The push to harvest old-growth timber is constrained by federal mandates to protect endangered species habitats, putting people out of work. Few local communities gain the "value-added" benefits of processing their own timber especially jobs and new businesses and when they do the environmental impact of mill sites has to be factored into any cost-benefit analysis."Cite this Book Review:
APA Format
"North American Indian Ecology" (2006, June 05)
Retrieved September 28, 2023, from https://www.academon.com/book-review/north-american-indian-ecology-66232/
MLA Format
""North American Indian Ecology"" 05 June 2006.
Web. 28 September. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/book-review/north-american-indian-ecology-66232/>