Carbon sovereignty : coal, development, and energy transition in the Navajo Nation / Andrew Curley.

"This book tells of the booms and busts with coal in the Navajo Nation. It utilizes a documentation of indigenous contestation over extractive industries in a time of climate change, energy nationalism, and in a post-welfare economy. It is about tribal sovereignty and the meaning of work and cultura...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curley, Andrew, 1982- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Navajo people > Arizona > Government relations.
Coal mines and mining > Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Coal mines and mining > Arizona.
Navajo people > Arizona > Politics and government.
Energy transition > Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Energy transition > Arizona.
Coal mines and mining.
Energy transition.
Navajo Indians > Government relations.
Navajo Indians > Politics and government.
Arizona.
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah.
Physical Description:xii, 217 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Shapeshifting Colonialism and the Origin of Carbon Sovereignty
  • 2. Carbon Sovereignty
  • 3. Carbon Treatymaking: The 2013 NGS Lease Renewal
  • 4. Workers' Perspectives on Coal
  • 5. Toward Energy Transition
  • Conclusion: All That Is Solid Melts into Air.