Uranium Mining in the Navajo Nation

Yesterday was Indigenous Peoples Day, so Grant is here to talk about a recent event in the history of one indigenous nation. The Cold War arms race required fuel, and it was found in the stone beneath the Navajo Nation. Decades of environmental degradation and ethical failures followed, and only ended when demand for ore dropped. Who can we trust to act as stewards of the land? Why is profit the final measurement of value?

Links!

• Navajo Nation
  • Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation Project
• Church Rock Mill Superfund web page
• 2016 settlement on mine cleanup efforts
• Exploring an Abandoned Uranium Mine, AZ
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• Sex Archie

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