500 years of plunder
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Greenpeace volunteers help the Indians of North America protect their environment by teaching them how to oppose all proposals to locate toxic, garbage and nuclear dumps on Indian lands. Most Indians work to preserve renewable resources, and their task is made more difficult because the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs are responsible for issuing industrial permits to those who want to set up units on tribal lands. Bureau officials still pursue a colonial policy when dealing with Indian institutions, a policy which had its beginnings 500 years ago, when Christopher Columbus invaded America.
Publication Name: Greenpeace (Washington, D.C.)
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0899-0190
Year: 1992
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Resistance to regeneration: the next 500 years
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The North American Indians, like other indigenous people, believe that man must obey nature's laws to survive and must be thankful for all natural products which sustain life. Their value system could help save the environment. Most people believe that progress is beneficial and inevitable, but the consumer-oriented society based on the value of progress has had an adverse effect on the environment.
Publication Name: Greenpeace (Washington, D.C.)
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0899-0190
Year: 1992
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Tom Goldtooth: holding the government accountable
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Goldtooth, a member of the Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota, works relentlessly to prevent solid waste disposal companies from using indigenous lands for dumping trash from other regions. Part of the challenge is to motivate Native American communities to develop environmental policies.
Publication Name: Environmental Action Magazine
Subject: Environmental issues
ISSN: 0013-922X
Year: 1993
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