- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (Sep 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0806127554
- ISBN-13: 978-0806127552
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Recounts the story of the Campo Indians' struggle to develop their reservation by building a commercial garbage facility in California. The Campos admit the danger of exploitation, but contend that it is racist to assume Indians are not smart enough to protect themselves in dealing with whites.
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McGoverns analyses seem to dwell more on justifying his actions in EPA than in providing the positions of the protaganists. He sets himself up as the great neutral party but he clearly thought it was his role to determine if the Campos had proven themselves "worthy" of treatment as a government. This was a clear violation of the policy of "government to government" that the federal government had directed Mr. McGovern to follow. Some of the factual accounts and history were interesting. The California Indian history was especially interesting, but what was the relevance? It seemed that he was making the implication that the Indians were trying to put in a dump in revenge for past slights yet he puts no meat on the implication. This seems to demonstrate a prejudice he never quite overcame.
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McGoverns analyses poor - some historical data interesting
16 Oct 1998
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McGoverns analyses seem to dwell more on justifying his actions in EPA than in providing the positions of the protaganists. He sets himself up as the great neutral party but he clearly thought it was his role to determine if the Campos had proven themselves "worthy" of treatment as a government. This was a clear violation of the policy of "government to government" that the federal government had directed Mr. McGovern to follow. Some of the factual accounts and history were interesting. The California Indian history was especially interesting, but what was the relevance? It seemed that he was making the implication that the Indians were trying to put in a dump in revenge for past slights yet he puts no meat on the implication. This seems to demonstrate a prejudice he never quite overcame.
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