Standing on Sacred Ground. Pilgrims and Tourists /
"Around the world, Indigenous communities stand in the way of government megaprojects. In the Russian Republic of Altai, traditional native people create their own mountain parks to rein in tourism and resist a gas pipeline that would cut through a World Heritage Site. In northern California, W...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | "Around the world, Indigenous communities stand in the way of government megaprojects. In the Russian Republic of Altai, traditional native people create their own mountain parks to rein in tourism and resist a gas pipeline that would cut through a World Heritage Site. In northern California, Winnemem Wintu girls grind herbs on a sacred medicine rock, as elders protest U.S. government plans to enlarge one of the West's biggest dams and forever submerge this touchstone of a tribe"--Http://standingonsacredground.org/learn-more/synopses (as viewed on April 11, 2014). |
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| Item Description: | "Licensed for home use only." Special features: series trailer ; Satish Kumar: what is a sacred place ; Oren Lyons: we are part of the earth ; Winona La Duke on redemption ; Barry Lopez: a way out of our predicament ; Nogon Shumarov: throat singing. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, NTSC. |
| ISBN: | 1937772942 9781937772949 |