Black coal, red power

Duration: 0:41:00

Genre: Documentary | Educational

Year Published: 1972

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | MPL: Publisher | National Educational Television: Distributor | National Programming Division of WNET/13: Publisher

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Examines the effects the strip mining of coal has had on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona, pointing out that it is destroying the natural economy of the Indians and the ecological balance of the land. Explains that the Indians agreed to allow strip mining on their lands with the understanding that they would receive jobs and royalties, only to discover that grazing land was destroyed and corn fields polluted. Observes that the Indians are giving up their water, land, and way of life to satisfy the country's energy needs.

Complete Record: , Examines the effects the strip mining of coal has had on the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Arizona, pointing out that it is destroying the natural economy of the Indians and the ecological balance of the land. Explains that the Indians agreed to allow strip mining on their lands with the understanding that they would receive jobs and royalties, only to discover that grazing land was destroyed and corn fields polluted. Observes that the Indians are giving up their water, land, and way of life to satisfy the country's energy needs.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.