| Description |
1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1. Untold Stories from the Headwaters of California's State Water Project; 2. From the Beginnings: Indigenous Advocacy; 3. Valuing Land; 4. Monopolies; 5. Making Interventions: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Hydropower Relicensing and Stewardship Council Processes; Conclusion: Toward a More Just Landscape at the Headwaters; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
From Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara lands in South Dakota; to Cherokee lands in Tennessee; to Sin-Aikst, Lakes, and Colville lands in Washington; to Chemehuevi lands in Arizona; to Maidu, Pit River, and Wintu lands in northern California, Native lands and communities have been treated as sacrifice zones for national priorities of irrigation, flood control, and hydroelectric development. Upstream documents the significance of the Allotment Era to a long and ongoing history of cultural and community disruption. It also details Indigenous resistance to both hydropower and disruptive conservation efforts. With a focus on northeastern California, this book highlights points of intervention to increase justice for Indigenous peoples in contemporary natural resource policy making. Author Beth Rose Middleton Manning relates the history behind the nation's largest state-built water and power conveyance system, California's State Water Project, with a focus on Indigenous resistance and activism. She illustrates how Indigenous history should inform contemporary conservation measures and reveals institutionalized injustices in natural resource planning and the persistent need for advocacy for Indigenous restitution and recognition. Upstream uses a multidisciplinary and multitemporal approach, weaving together compelling stories with a study of placemaking and land development. It offers a vision of policy reform that will lead to improved Indigenous futures at sites of Indigenous land and water divestiture around the nation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 28, 2018) |
| Subject |
California State Water Project -- History
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| SUBJECT |
California State Water Project fast |
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Indians of North America -- Land tenure -- California -- Feather River Valley
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Land trusts -- California, Northern
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Conservation easements -- California, Northern
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
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Conservation easements
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Indians of North America -- Land tenure
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Land trusts
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California -- Feather River Valley
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Northern California
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816539154 |
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0816539154 |
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