Biodiversity and Native America by
Many purposes are served by recognizing the value of indigenous environmental experiences. Here we outline two broad categories. The first is a better understanding of environmental history and the pre-European contact biological landscape. The second involves a multitude of ways in which traditional environmental experiences and knowledge are of essential value, both for Native Americans themselves and for the wider population.
Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape by
Offers a critical, research-based assessment of the role of Native Americans in modifying the landscapes of pre-European America.
Vision or Villainy by
Still unresolved, the controversy surrounding the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct has long since moved from the personal, even violent level fictionalized in the movie Chinatown to the dry realm of court proceedings, injunctions, and environmental impact reports.
A Land Between by
Explores the central idea of how people's preconceptions and perceptions of a place - in this case, Owens Valley - influence their interventions on the land.
Tending the wild Native American knowledge and the management of California's natural resources by
Presents a wealth of information on native land management practices gleaned in part from interviews and correspondence with Native Americans who recall what their grandparents told them about how and when areas were burned, which plants were eaten and which were used for basketry, and how plants were tended.
