Navajo Memory Complements Science in Study of Climate Change
Authors
Hiza Redsteer, M.
Keywords
climate change, Navajo Reservation, Environment, sand dune movement, Little Colorado River, drought, floods, livestock
Date_Pub
10/21/2011
Pages
URL
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3007
DocumentLocation
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3007
Description
The sand dunes among which Navajos have eked out austere livings for generations are growing fast and becoming mobile as the climate changes, says U.S. Geological Survey geologist Dr. Margaret Hiza Redsteer, whose interviews with elders and historical research augment her decade-long research on Navajo Nation land. USGS Press Pelease.
