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The Ward Valley Nuclear Waste Dump That Never Was
Feb 25 2022
By Tracy Perkins, author of Evolution of a Movement: Four Decades of California Environmental Justice ActivismGroup photo at the annual Ward Valley commemoration ceremony. February 24, 2018. Photo by author.Today, there is no nuclear waste dump in Ward Valley. This beautiful stretch of Calif
The Occupation of Alcatraz Island and Environmental Injustice in Indian Country
Aug 12 2021
By William J. Bauer, Jr., author of "Reclaiming Alcatraz: The Legacies and Continuities of the American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island, 1971–2021" published in the current issue of California History and coauthor, with Damon Akins, of We Are the Land: A History of Native California. Th
Celebrate California’s history with a new book about the Indigenous people who shaped the state
Apr 16 2021
We Are the Land is the first and most comprehensive book of its kind, centering the long history of California around the lives and legacies of the Indigenous people who shaped it.
COVID-19 and the Long History of Indigenous Survivance in California
Apr 13 2021
Over the last year, we’ve seen how American Indian have continued a long tradition of survivance to cope with the devastating effects of the pandemic. In California, as well as the rest of the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the long-standing implications of settler colonialism.