Roots Run Deep

The house is not just a place where you can concentrate your feelings and find your identity. It may be difficult to move from one place of your house to another. When your old identity is tested in the new environment, you will feel late comfort. By expressing emotions in body language, Elizabeth Alexander grasps the logic behind her statement and builds credibility while explaining effectively how to identify her in the southern identity and place . I can contact Alexander. Because he must live long enough so that you can easily think about your house in that place.

I am from Mullens in West Virginia and the coal mines are very deep. I am a coal miner, a granddaughter, a prostitute, a daughter of a daughter in law. When I was young, I was very proud of the coal industry in our country. I am proud that West Virginia coal supplies electricity to our country through the Industrial Revolution and enables our factory to operate during the Second World War. The United States is built on our coal - it is partially built behind the Appalachian Mountains. Like many other families in Appalachia, my family paid a large sum for coal. I lost my grandfather 's black lung and I recently learned that my uncle was diagnosed with this disease. Our health and living are not the only price we pay for the area. Also, I saw our beautiful streams and rivers polluted with toxins while watching the summit of the mountains blown away. The price we pay is rising rapidly

My roots of Alaska are deeply rooted in the hearts of the tribe of Eyak Athabaskan, which has been connected to the Alaska Bay for the past 3 500 years. My family and I have live fishing and commercial fishery in Prince William Sound and Copper River Delta and have close relations with the country's vast land and water. Alaska tribes are similar to many indigenous tribes around the world, and deliberately deprive of the traditional lifestyle, values ​​and self-sufficiency of their hometown. why? Because our ancestral land is rich in oil, minerals, wood and other natural resources, it is used by the company, state, and federal government to divide our tribal community.

The roots of the mine in Colorado State are deeply rooted in the minds of people. Unless lucky prospect find gold on the way to the west coast our country will not be solved. The history of the American West is inherently tied to mining - a fact that Rideville, Silverton, Telluride etc can not be ignored in mountains where they can not escape from their name history. Unfortunately, the legacy of some mining remains is very serious. Colorado alone has thousands of abandoned invalid landmines, many of which leak toxic waste to the catchment every day. This contamination may be harmful to wildlife and may put a burden on communities due to economic and quality of life.

Colorado people one year after Animas River Spill want to make more efforts to purify mining pollution