Practical environmentalism on the Pine Ridge Reservation: Confronting structural constraints to Indigenous Stewardship

Human Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-520

  Pickering Sherman, Kathleen ^a   van Lanen, James ^b   Sherman, Richard T ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Oglala Lakota Tribe   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based natural resource management; Indigenous knowledge; Native Americans; Political ecology; Resilience; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ETHICS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955275484     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-010-9336-0     Document Type: Article

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