Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface: Black Snakes ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Note about Terms xvii
6. Introduction: Settler Colonialism and Ecological Violence 1
7. 1. Gold, Greed, and Genocide: Settler Colonialism and Resource Extraction in the California Gold Rush 25
8. 2. Forests on Fire: Constructing Natural Resources and Imposing Ecological Regimes 50
9. 3. Salmon Is Everything: Controlling Rivers and Commodifying Kin 75
10. 4. Back to Whose Land? Hippies, Environmentalism, and Cannabis 98
11. 5. Weed Greed: Explosion of the California Green Rush 122
12. 6. No Justice on Stolen Land: Cannabis Cultivation and Land Dispossession 152
13. 7. Cannabis and Water: Use, Rights, and Infrastructure 181
14. 8. Toxic Environments: Cannabis, Chemicals, and Legacy Impacts 209
15. Conclusion: Ecological Crisis and Land Back 234
16. Notes 241
17. References 251
18. Index 281
19. Indigenous Confluences 287