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Environmental Justice

Provided by: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |Published on: April 5, 2023
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Synopsis

  • This podcast discusses the history of racism in Oregon and within the conservation movement, the complex relationship between conservation and Indigenous peoples, and the origins of the environmental justice movement and also includes examples of injustice near the Grand Canyon and in Houston, Texas.
  • Students will learn about the American conservation movement's early stages, the removal of Indigenous people from ancestral lands under the guise of conservation, and the court case that kick-started the environmental justice movement.
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Subjects: Civics, History
Authors: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, GreenState Podcast
Region: North America, USA - West, USA - South, United States, Oregon, Central Oregon / Columbia Gorge, Willamette Valley / Portland Metro - Oregon, Arizona, Texas
Languages: English

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