Arthur Morey
Author
Language
English
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AMPL Native American Heritage Month
Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month (WPL-ADULT)
North American Indigenous Voices
Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month (WPL-ADULT)
North American Indigenous Voices
Description
Oak Flat tells the story of a race-against-time struggle for a swath of American land, which pits one of the poorest communities in the United States against the federal government and two of the world's largest mining conglomerates. The book follows the fortunes of two families with profound connections to the contested site: the Nosies, an Apache family whose teenage daughter is an activist and leader in the Oak Flat fight, and the Gorhams, a mining...