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The Navajo People And Uranium Mining
. Ed(S): Brugge, Doug; Benally, Timothy; Yazzie-Lewis, Esther
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Description for The Navajo People And Uranium Mining
Paperback. Presents the documented history of how the Navajo people lived, how they worked and how they died waiting for compassionate federal compensation for laboring in the most hazardous conditions imaginable, and which were known at the time yet concealed from them. Editor(s): Brugge, Doug; Benally, Timothy; Yazzie-Lewis, Esther. Num Pages: 230 pages, 13 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Sixty years ago, the United States turned to the tiny atom to unleash the most destructive force known to mankind and bring an end to World War II. Ironically, the uranium used to create the most technologically advanced weapon ever invented came from the land of the most traditional indigenous people of North America, and was dug from the earth with picks and shovels...Lost in the history of this era is the story of the people - the Dine - who pulled uranium out of the ground by hand, who spoke and continue to speak an ancient tongue...By the thousands, ... Read more
Sixty years ago, the United States turned to the tiny atom to unleash the most destructive force known to mankind and bring an end to World War II. Ironically, the uranium used to create the most technologically advanced weapon ever invented came from the land of the most traditional indigenous people of North America, and was dug from the earth with picks and shovels...Lost in the history of this era is the story of the people - the Dine - who pulled uranium out of the ground by hand, who spoke and continue to speak an ancient tongue...By the thousands, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826337795
SKU
V9780826337795
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Brugge, Doug; Benally, Timothy; Yazzie-Lewis, Esther
Doug Brugge is associate professor of community health at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. Timothy Benally, a bilingual Navajo, is retired director of the Office of Navajo Uranium Workers and the Uranium Education Center, Dine College, Shiprock, New Mexico. Esther Yazzie-Lewis is a bilingual Navajo and recently completed her master's degree in American studies at the University of New ... Read more
Reviews for The Navajo People And Uranium Mining
Today, the Navajo Nation, with the help of law firms, environmental groups, writers, photographers and historians, is doing all it can to correct this horrendous wrong done to Navajo uranium miners, their families and their descendents. This excellent book allows the people who lived this to tell their story in their own words. - Joe Shirley Jr. President, Navajo Nation ... Read more