Sustaining the Forest, the People, and the Spirit

By Thomas Davis

Book Overview

Sustaining the Forest, the People, and the Spirit tells the story of the Menominee Indian Tribe and how they have sustained their 230,000 acre forest in ways that have enhanced, rather than degraded, the environment in the face of development pressures. Through a careful look at Menominee history, politics, institutions, economy, culture, spirituality, science, and technology, Thomas Davis provides insight into how this case study of sustainable environmental development can offer a rough road map for other communities to follow.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791444163
• ISBN13: 9780791444160
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Superb writing, but missing modern essentials

I bought this book in hopes that it would show a pathway to sustainable forestry in the ultimate sense. Unfortunately any forestry is basic and consists more of ecological descriptions of the various forest types. However, as I was reading the book, I was drawn into the story line. The detailed history of the Menominee, including specific individuals was captivating. And ultimately through many trials and tribulations shows how the spirt of these "forest people" won out over the Manifest Destiny forces that pillaged the forest of other Native tribes. It is a great resource to show, not a pathway to sustainable forest, but rather a pathway of greater resistence to outside forces. Perhaps it holds a lesson for other third world countries combating western ways in the modern world.