“The American West is the playground for the country's obsession with exploitation and destruction, with most extractive economies near Native American reservations. There are increased rates of birth defects, higher rates of cancer. Violent people who mimc the violence done to the land.” ViolenceExploitationExtractionAmerican West Book:Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land Source: Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land