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Our story., the Indigenous led fight to protect greater Chaco / a film by Daniel Tso and Michael Ramsey, DVD/Widescreen

eng

videorecording

Our story.

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the Indigenous led fight to protect greater Chaco / a film by Daniel Tso and Michael Ramsey

Over 90 percent of the available lands in the Greater Chaco region of the Southwest have already been leased for oil and gas extraction. Our Story documents the ongoing Indigenous-led work to protect the remaining lands that are untouched by oil and gas, as well as the health and well-being of communities surrounded by these extractive industries. Din ̌and Pueblo people directly impacted by oil and gas extraction in the Greater Chaco region have been organizing for generations. But rarely is this story of extraction and land defense told from their perspectives. Over three years, Navajo and Pueblo grassroots leaders collaborated to tell their stories about the struggle to protect their living cultural traditions, the public health of their communities, the climate, and the integrity of this landscape (including the World Heritage Site Chaco National Historical Park) from fracking

live action

DVD/Widescreen