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• Arctic Voices

  Resistance at the Tipping Point

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  *A powerful collection of voices and images from the frontlines of the war against ecological devastation in the Arctic.

• Athlii Gwaii

  Upholding Haida Law on Lyell Island

  Collison, Nika,

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  A first-hand account of the Haida Nation's battle to protect Lyell Island from logging in 1985, in which more than a dozen Elders were arrested.

• The Boiling River

  Adventure and Discovery in the Amazon

  Ruzo, Andrés,

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  *The Boiling River is about a man trying to understand the moral obligation that comes with scientific discovery --to protect a sacred site from misuse, neglect, and even from his own discovery.

• Braiding Sweetgrass

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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  An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Damming the Peace

  the Hidden Costs of the Site C Dam

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  In December of 2017 the B.C. government made the decision to move forward with the Site C Dam. This comes after protests by Indigenous groups and landowners, several lawsuits against the government, and a call from a United Nations panel to review…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• First Nations

  Firestarter

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  In 2001 a surveying team in Canada discovered a massive underground deposit of chromium, a metal essential to industrial society....The only problem: the Ring of Fire is located on First Nations tribal land in northern Ontario, a wilderness area so…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flight of the Hummingbird

  a Parable for the Environment

  Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll

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  A beautifully drawn comic book inspired by Japanese manga and Indigenous art and legend. This powerful story about a brave hummingbird shares a message of environmental stewardship.

• Fresh Banana Leaves

  Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science

  Hernandez, Jessica, 1990-

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  An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ideas to Postpone the End of the World

  Krenak, Ailton

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  Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas have already faced the end of the world many times before. Now, to stop our collective march towards the abyss, we must reject the homogenizing effect of our human-first perspective and embrace a new idea…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life in the City of Dirty Water

  a Memoir of Healing

  Thomas-Müller, Clayton,

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  Tying together personal stories of survival that bring the realities of the First Nations of this land into sharp focus, and lessons learned from a career as a frontline activist committed to addressing environmental injustice at a global scale,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nitinikiau Innusi

  I Keep the Land Alive

  Penashue, Tshaukuesh Elizabeth, 1944-

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  This book began as a diary written in Innu-aimun, in which Tshaukuesh recorded day-to-day experiences, court appearances, and interviews with reporters. Tshaukuesh has always had a strong sense of the importance of documenting what was happening to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our History Is the Future

  Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

  Estes, Nick,

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  In Our History is the Future, Nick Estes traces traditions of Indigenous resistance leading to the #NoDAPL movement from the days of the Missouri River trading forts through the Indian Wars, the Pick-Sloan dams, the American Indian Movement, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plant Technology of First Peoples in British Columbia

  Turner, Nancy J., 1947-

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  Over the millennia, the First Peoples have become highly skilled in the arts of working with plant materials. Turner describes more than 100 plants, their various uses and their importance in the material cultures of First Nations.

• Plants of Haida Gwaii

  X̲aadaa Gwaay Gud Gina K̲'aws (Skidegate) = X̲aadaa Gwaayee Guu Ginn K̲'aws (Massett)

  Turner, Nancy J., 1947-

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  Written with the cooperation and collaboration of Haida knowledge holders and botanical experts, a detailed and insightful record of the traditional uses of over 150 species of native plants. Moreover, it explains the systems of knowledge and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Plants, People, and Places

  the Roles of Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology in Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights in Canada and Beyond

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  A timely book featuring Indigenous perspectives on reconciliation, environmental sustainability, and pathways toward ethnoecological restoration, Plants, People, and Places reveals how much there is to learn from the history of human relationships…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Resurgence and Reconciliation

  Indigenous-settler Relations and Earth Teachings

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  By using "earth-teachings" to inform social practices, the editors and contributors offer a rich, innovative, and holistic way forward in response to the world's most profound natural and social challenges.

• The Right to Be Cold

  One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic, and the Whole Planet

  Watt-Cloutier, Sheila

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  The Right to Be Cold explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture--and ultimately the world--in the face of past, present, and future environmental degradation.

• Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors

  Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions

  Coté, Charlotte (Charlotte June)

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  The Makah whale hunt of 1999 was an event of international significance, connected to the worldwide struggle for aboriginal sovereignty and to the broader discourses of environmental sustainability, treaty rights, human rights, and animal rights.

• Spirits of the Coast

  Orcas in Science, Art and History

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  Long feared in Western cultures as "killer whales" and honored by Indigenous cultures as friends, family, or benefactors, orcas are complex social beings with culture and language of their own.

• Woman Between the Worlds

  a Call to Your Ancestral and Indigenous Wisdom

  Colorado, Apela

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  Inspirational world authority on indigenous wisdom Apela Colorado works internationally to preserve the wisdom of indigenous elders from around the world.