The river is in us : fighting toxics in a Mohawk community / Elizabeth Hoover.

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Mohawk midwife Katsi Cook lives in Akwesasne, an indigenous community in upstate New York that is downwind and downstream from three Superfund sites. For years she witnessed elevated rates of miscarriages, birth defects, and cancer in her town, ultimately drawing connections between environmental co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoover, Elizabeth, 1978- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Mohawk people > Environmental conditions.
Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.) > Environmental conditions.
Polychlorinated biphenyls > Environmental aspects > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)
Food contamination > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)
Environmental health > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)
Mohawk people > Health and hygiene.
Mohawk people > Government relations.
Subsistence economy > Akwesasne Indian Reserve (Québec and Ont.)
Physical Description:xviii, 372 pages ; 22 cm
Variant Title:
Fighting toxics in a Mohawk community
Format: Book

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