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Defending the Arctic refuge : a photographer, an Indigenous nation, and a fight for environmental justice / Finis Dunaway.

Author/creator Dunaway, Finis author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Description329 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Flows, migrations, and exchanges
Flows, migrations, and exchanges. ^A1347336
Contents On the road -- The last great wilderness -- The sacred place where life begins -- Lenny's epiphany -- Glendon Brunk's epiphany -- Delivering Bosco -- The little white man who never sleeps -- The slide show at the Art Farm -- Science and skulduggery -- I hope people from the south listen -- Rebirth of a nation -- The Arctic Refuge in a broader frame -- Grassroots versus Goliath -- Catastrophe and the coalition of conscience -- Native corporations and Arctic drilling -- A victory for the grassroots -- Gwich'in recruits, Gwich'in lives -- Budget showdown -- Turning spectators into activists -- 9/11 -- Flat, white nothingness? -- How the Refuge survived the W. years -- Building a bigger choir -- The slide show in Old Crow.
Abstract "Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Alaska is one of the most contested landscapes in all of North America: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Considered sacred by Indigenous peoples in Alaska and Canada and treasured by environmentalists, the refuge provides life-sustaining habitat for caribou, polar bears, migratory birds, and other species. For decades, though, the fossil fuel industry and powerful politicians have sought to turn this unique ecosystem into an oil field. 'Defending the Arctic Refuge' tells the improbable story of how the people fought back"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2020046382
ISBN9781469661100 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBN1469661101 hardcover ; alkaline paper
ISBNelectronic book

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