Bruce Elliott Johansen

Covering Central America, the United States, and Canada, this book not only provides an introduction to the history of North American Indians, but also offers a description of the material and intellectual ways that Native American cultures have influenced the life and institutions of people across the globe.

A History

The Native Peoples of North America

Barry Pritzker

Contains 450 entries by 110 contributors, organized by themes including issues, events, culture, government, people, and primary sources about American Indians.

Encyclopedia of American Indian History

Adebowale Akande

The death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and the ensuing trial of Derek Chauvin for murder a year later has rubbed raw the bloodiest stain on the United States history and its world reputation. The nine minutes and 29 seconds during which Chauvins knee crushed the spark of life out of Floyd was not unusual in the history of the United States. Before the U.S. Civil War, slaves were routinely beaten to death for disobeying orders or running away, then often lynched. In roughly two centuries, Blacks have achieved nominal freedom. But, as this books opening chapter and expert essays that follow indicate, freedom has been conditional based on inequity of wealth, social, and legal discrimination. None of this is new in the United States; what is new is the number of people rising up in protest, a figure in the millions around the world after Floyds murder. This book supplies a readable, scholarly account of recent issues in race and racism in the United States that will be useful for general readers, undergraduate students, and their professors. It will be useful in many fields, including Black studies, other ethnic pursuits, United States history, law, criminal justice, intercultural communication, et al. The work contains a powerful historical narrative followed by several important, essays on subjects including George Floyds murder, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and many other victims of systematic racism.

From Slavery to Black Lives Matter

Get Your Knee Off Our Necks

Global Warming in the 21st Century: Melting ice and warming seas

Barbara Alice Mann

A comprehensive reference work on the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy), containing over 200 entries covering history, present-day issues such as gambling, pollution, and taxation, and contributions which this important confederacy made to shape general North American culture.

Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy)

From Argentina to Zimbabwe, the industrialized world's encroachment on native lands has brought disastrous environmental harm to indigenous peoples. This unique resource surveys those indigenous peoples and the environmental hazards that threaten their existence, providing a wealth of information not readily available elsewhere.

An Encyclopedia

Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues

Johansen, Bruce Elliott Johansen

Forty years after the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, this important study examines the history, industrial uses, and harmful effects of the twelve most commonly used organochloride chemicals. All have been fully or partially banned by the Stockholm Protocol, an international treaty signed by about 120 countries in December 2000. Among the twelve are the dioxins (the active ingredient in Agent Orange) and polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs), which are toxic in minute quantities. Johansen pays special attention to the Inuit of the Arctic, where these chemicals have been bio-accumulating to dangerous levels, moving up the food chain to a degree of toxicity that some Inuit mothers are no longer able to safely breast-feed their infants. The polar stratospheric ozone has been devastated by emissions of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and new scientific findings connect global warming near the Earth's surface to significant cooling in the stratosphere. This synergy aggravates ozone depletion because the chemical reactions that destroy the ozone become more energetic as temperatures drop. Synthetic toxins have taken their toll on minority ethnic groups in the United States, and persistent organic pollutants have inflicted physiological damage on humans and other animals. Finally, Johansen explores the estrogenic effects of such chemicals. Sperm counts have declined as much as 50% in 50 years.

Toxic Chemicals and the Earth's Future

The Dirty Dozen

The first book to address the present-day implications of Native American treaties as they apply to land claims (such as two-thirds of the state of Maine); retention of natural resources (such as oil and gas); and the proper use of the massive profits from gambling enterprises.

Native American Treaties and Contemporary Controversies

Enduring Legacies

How many of our efforts to save the environment are effective? Learn how our system is simply masking the symptoms of global warming.

Global Warming, Greenwashing, and Sustainability

Eco-Hustle!

Roberto Maestas

Traces the history of the Gallegos family's life in America from the arrival of Hernan Gallegos as a conquistador to their present status as migrant farm workers

Bruce Elliott Johansen

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