Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide, and Colonization [Paperback]

Ward Churchill (Author), Winona LaDuke (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002

This seminal book established Churchill as an intellectual force to be reckoned with in indigenous land rights debates. Required reading for anyone interested in Native North America and ecological justice. Revised and expanded edition.

Ward Churchill (Keetowah Cherokee) has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues. He is a Professor of American Indian Studies, a leading member of AIM, and has been a delegate to the U.N. Working Group on Indigenous Populations.

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About the Author

Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues. He is a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a leading member of AIM, and the author of numerous books, including A Little Matter of Genocide, Struggle for the Land, and Fantasies of the Master Race.

Product Details

• Paperback: 460 pages
• Publisher: City Lights Publishers; 2nd edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0872864146
• ISBN-13: 978-0872864146
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,330,754 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A highly recommended collection of fiery essays, February 13, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide, and Colonization (Paperback)

Long out of print, this new edition of Ward Churchill's Struggle For The Land: Native North American Resistance To Genocide, Ecocide And Colonization is an impressive and very highly recommended collection of fiery essays that will give the contemporary reader pause concerning the American government's systematic exploitation of the land and elimination of the Native American peoples who have inhabited it, and the bittersweet results of the Native American attempts to defend the land from defoliation, strip-mining, and other destructive depredation of the 19th and 20th centuries. An extensive detailed collection of essays chronicling such events as the Lakota struggle for the Black Hills, an acute perspective on the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, a stringent presentation of the American Indian diaspora, and more, make Struggle For The Land a core addition to community and academic Native American Studies collections.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good, rather convincing book, April 7, 2005

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Vernal Flora (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide, and Colonization (Paperback)

I found this book to be very well put together and supported with mountains of evidence. Recently Mr Churhcill has come under fire from the right for some remarks he has made in the classroom. This does not surprise me since this book is a rather damning indictment of past american treatment of native americans.

I was interested in this book for it's environmental implications since that is my field. Regardless, I found myself more and more interested in the humanitarian issues contained within as the book marched on. So, while I lack the socio-ethical background to provide any in depth critique of those issues, I will say that it is well put together, is interesting, and won my sympathy.

All in all definately one of the better books I've read.