Read more
List of contents
Introduction
One: Mutual Constructions of Race and Nature on the Klamath
Two: Ecological Dynamics of Settler Colonialism: Smokey Bear and Fire Suppression as Colonial Violence
Three: Research as Resistance: Food, Relationships and the Links Between Environmental and Human Health
Four: Environmental Decline and Changing Gender Practices:
What Happens to Karuk Masculinity When There Are No Fish? What Happens to Karuk Femininity When There Are No Acorns?
Five: Emotions of Environmental Decline:
Karuk Cosmologies, Emotions and Environmental Justice
Conclusion: Climate Change as a Strategic Opportunity?
Methodological Appendix
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
About the author
DR. KARI MARIE NORGAARD (non-Native Professor of Sociology/Environmental Studies at University of Oregon) has engaged in environmental justice policy work with the Karuk Tribe since 2003. Norgaard is author of
Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions and Everyday Life and other publications on gender, race, and the sociology of emotions.
Summary
Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People: Colonialism, Nature and Social Action draws upon nearly two decades of examples and insight from Karuk experiences on the Klamath River to illustrate how the ecological dynamics of settler-colonialism are essential for theorizing gender, race and social power today.
