Thinking Like a Watershed: Voices from the West

Contents

vii < Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface xi Thinking Like a Watershed Introduction 1 Jack Loeffler Pueblo Watersheds Places, Cycles, and Life 27 Rina Swentzell Connected by Earth Metaphors from Hopi Tutskwa 45 Lyle Balenquah “Don’t You Let That Deal Go Down” Navajo Water Rights and the Black Mesa Struggle 67 Sonia Dickey Politics of the Colorado River with Stewart Udall 91 Jack Loeffler Applying Navajo Tradition to the Modern World 105 Roy Kady viii < Tohono O’odham Culture Embracing Traditional Wisdom 133 Camillus Lopez La Cuenca y la Querencia The Watershed and the Sense of Place in the Merced and Acequia Landscape 151 Juan Estevan Arellano Ranching and the Practice of Watershed Conservation 193 Sid Goodloe Roots of Hunger The Quest for a Sustainable Food Culture 215 Celestia Loeffler Restorying the Land 235 Gary Paul Nabhan Navigating the Rapids of the Future 252 William deBuys Conclusion 259 Jack Loeffler ...