Mainstream environmental groups oppose tribal land return to retain management say

Evidence

4,000 individuals sent supportive postcards to the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife. But the Sierra Club Northstar Chapter would not lend its support because, its representatives explained, if the lands were returned to the White Earth band, the club (and its primarily non-Indian constituency) would not have a say in refuge management. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 688

Categorization

• XREF: Direct parallel to the National Wildlife Federation / Ute case in the same chapter; both show the green-movement-vs-Native-tenure antagonism. — connects to: Environmental-justice demands originated partly as critique of mainstream environmental groups — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 550; Organizations deny environmental change to protect their established roles and resources. — Robert B. McCalla, NATO’s persistence after the cold war, 71

Broader Connections

• Environmental-justice demands originated partly as critique of mainstream environmental groups #corroborates (0.85) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 550