The Mohawk must absorb industrial costs while corporations never change

Evidence

Katsi’s work is precedent-setting environmental justice work that links the intricate culture of the Mohawk people to the water, the turtles, the animal relatives, and ultimately the destruction of the industrialized General Motors Superfund site. “Why is it we must change our lives, our way of life, to accommodate the corporations, and they are allowed to continue without changing any of their behavior?” she asks. — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 78

Categorization

• XREF: The asymmetry of burden-bearing is a textbook eco-justice teaching point usable straight across all four courses. — connects to: Cheap hydro power from new dams lured the corporations that poisoned the river — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 96; Fluoride emissions caused severe livestock losses among Mohawk dairy farmers — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 98; Breast milk PCB levels ran 200 percent higher in fish-eating Mohawk mothers — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations: Native Struggles for…, 124
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Breast milk PCB levels ran 200 percent higher in fish-eating Mohawk mothers #exemplifies (0.85) — Winona LaDuke, All Our Relations, 124