Glen Aaron |
The author spent 40 years in trial law, and this adds to the complexity of the tale, wherein the justice system meets traditional cultures, land claims, and mineral rights. He weaves in SCOTUS (the US Supreme Court), Opus Dei, and all those who continue to exploit humans and the earth, in the name of money, land, or religious values.
I have some knowledge of our local bands' traditions, we live on unceded Algonquin Territory,
First Nations, 1491 |
The Doctrine of Discovery.
The Doctrine of Discovery, 1493. The Papal Bull “Inter Caetera,” issued by Pope Alexander VI on May 4, 1493, played a central role in the Spanish conquest of the New World. The document supported Spain's strategy to ensure its exclusive right to the lands discovered by Columbus the previous year.
There is much unceded N.A. land, for example, this is the Dakota Pipeline area. |
I did some research, and Aaron has done HIS research. This is the tone, the natural history, and the setting for the book. In the Anthropocene Era, with Trump's diluting of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules, we should fear for the land, it's history, and peoples.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry (former Texas governor) told CNBC on Monday, June 17th...
- Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he does not believe CO2 emissions from human activity are the primary driver of climate change.
- That view is at odds with the conclusions of the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
- EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt also told CNBC in March he does not believe global warming is primarily caused by CO2.
A Jicarilla Man, 1904, Edward S. Curtis (sepia restored). |
Selling Off Apache Holy Land - The New York Times
May 29, 2015 - The Oak Flat campground lies at the core of an ancient Apache holy place, where ... President Dwight D. Eisenhower decreed the area closed to mining — which, ... common in national forests — because of its cultural and natural value. President Richard M. Nixon's Interior Department in 1971 renewed this ban.
SCOTUS, the US Supreme Court |
clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anton Sacerdozio, he’s honored and excited by
4 comments:
What a scholarly review ~ I am impressed ~ ^_^
It sounds like an intriguing read.
I like stories based on history.
That sure looks interesting book.
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