부산대학교 도서관

Endres (Univ. of Utah) has written two books here. One is a dramatic read that sometimes approaches intercultural poetry as the author describes how several small Native American tribes in the western US have resisted (i.e., decolonized) attempts to turn their generally small homelands into nuclear waste dumps via nuclear colonization. Asserting a surprising strength in retention of culture and language, these small tribes have won some of these battles, at least for a time. This is a carefully woven story told by a sensitive author that has not yet been fully told. Parts of the second book, however, attempt to fit the more important history, which occurred between the 1980s and 2010, into an academic framework in rhetorical studies, as if required by an academic committee. The result is an eloquent history that badly needs telling, partially submerged in chapters with titles such as “Indigenous Land Rhetorics.” To her credit, Endres places her major emphasis on the people's survivance and their right to live in nuclear-free homelands. Importantly, plans for two major colonizing schemes have been stopped—Yucca Mountain, Skull Valley Goshute, and some other adjacent areas. More may be coming from an energized Native environmental movement. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates and graduate students.