Mining, the Environment, and Indigenous Development Conflicts

Examines environmental conflicts between mining companies and indigenouscommunities and offers a comparative study of the factors leading to thoseconflicts. Ali... » 

Examines environmental conflicts between mining companies and indigenouscommunities and offers a comparative study of the factors leading to thoseconflicts. Ali presents four cases from the United States and Canada thatexemplify different historical relationships with government and industry andprovide an instance of high and low levels of Native resistance in eachcountry. Through these cases Ali analyzes why and under what circumstancestribes agree to negotiated mining agreements on their lands and why somenegotiations are successful and others not. aIt is refreshing to find a strongwork grounded in social science theory that is also engaging for casualreaders.a aMontana the Magazine of Western History aAn important contributionto our understanding of the factors influencing decision making among thesegroups in both nations.a aKen Pepion Harvard University Native AmericanStudies Program «