A Language Older Than Words - Insatiability and Violence Summary & Analysis

Derrick Jensen
This Study Guide consists of approximately 36 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of A Language Older Than Words.

A Language Older Than Words - Insatiability and Violence Summary & Analysis

Derrick Jensen
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Insatiability and Violence Summary

Jensen opens his chapter "Insatiability" by writing of the sound of the bulldozers coming close to his house. He says that he feels like he wants to run away but there is no place for him to go. His feelings of frustration lead him to write about Mount Graham in Arizona. Officials from the University of Arizona wanted to build an astrological observatory on a sacred site of the San Carlos Apaches located on this mountain. Jensen writes about the way the government covered up tests and studies showing the development would hurt the land and its inhabitants. He includes information proving that the Indians were given only a half hearted chance to speak out against the development.

During a discussion with a group of Maori activities, one of the Maori asked Jensen if he worked on these projects...

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