Indigenous Peoples Have Occupied Their Territories For Thousands Of Years, Territories That Are Increasingly Being Mined By An Industry Applying The Most Modern Extractive, Marketing, And Transport Technologies On A Scale That Can Be Difficult To Comprehend. Mining Reshapes Landscapes, Literally Moving Mountains And Diverting Rivers; The Indigenous Owners Of These Landscapes Often Believe Them To Have Been Originally Shaped By Ancestor Beings Who Still Reside At Mining Locations. This Book Seeks To Understand The Political, Social, Economic, And Cultural Dynamic That Is Created By The Relentless Expansion Of Mining Into Indigenous Territories. Ciaran O'faircheallaigh. Also Issued In Print: 2023. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.