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“What is a resource curse: energy, infrastructure, and climate change in Native North America”
February 5, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
This is the second presentation in the Environmental Justice and Indigenous Rights series.
What is a Resource Curse: Energy, Infrastructure, and Climate Change in Native North America
Wednesday, February 5 at 5 p.m.
Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Smith Warehouse, Bay 4
A reception will begin at 4:30 p.m.
Dr. Andrew Curley is a member of the Navajo Nation and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studies coal and development in the Navajo Nation. His latest publications highlight the consequence of colonial water laws on indigenous nations and the political economy of green transition within reservation economies. His current work is on extraction, energy, and notions of resource curse among tribal governments.