Environmental Justice as Decolonization

This book situates Indigenous peoples as central activists in struggles to achieve environmental justice, drawing from archival and interview data from the United States, Australia and New Zealand to compare the historical and contemporary processes through which Indigenous fishing rights have been negotiated.

Julia Miller Cantzler is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Diego, USA. She is also an attorney with expertise in the fields of federal Indian law and environmental law.

1. Introduction; 2. Colonization and Fishing in Australia, New Zealand and the United States; 3. State-Indigenous Contention, Decolonization and Environmental Justice; 4. Political Opportunities and Obstacles: The Legacies of Colonization; 5. Indigenous Resources: Formal Structures, Allies and Free Spaces; 6. Indigenous Innovation and Action; 7. The Cultural Dynamics of Indigenous Claims-making; 8. Conclusion