The River Is in Us: Fighting Toxics in a Mohawk Community

Published Jan. 4, 2017 by University of Minnesota Press.

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The riveting story of the Mohawk community that fought back against the contamination of its lands Elizabeth Hoover takes us deep into Akwesasne—an indigenous community in upstate New York—the remarkable community that partnered with scientists and developed grassroots programs to fight the contamination of its lands and reclaim its health and culture. This moving book is essential reading for anyone interested in Native Americans, social justice, and the pollutants contaminating our food, water, and bodies.

The River Is in Us takes readers to Akwesasne—a place where decades of environmental contamination has become embodied through acts of traditional land-based subsistence. Emphasizing inescapable connections between food and health, Elizabeth Hoover suggests how environmental justice, affirmative indigenous identity, and decolonization might be achieved at individual, social, and structural/political levels. Essential reading for anyone interested in intersections of ecology, sustenance, and survivance in Native North America.

— Anna J. Willow, Ohio State University, author …

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