American Indian Studies' Featured Publication
American Indian Studies' Featured Publication is Here and There: The Effects of Upriver Dams on Indigenous People by Benedict Colombi.
How does a commentary about upstream dams on the Colorado River fit within a special issue devoted to dams and development on Indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon? For the past century, capital-intensive development on the Colorado River has taken the form of energy-producing dams, irrigation projects, and storage reservoirs on Indigenous lands in the American Southwest.