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Seattle lawyer explains why the North Dakota pipeline protests mark a historic moment
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NPR Talk of the Nation — “Yellow Dirt”: The Legacy of Navajo Uranium Mining
From NPR (the audio will be available at 6 PM eastern):
In her book Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed, former Los Angeles Times reporter Judy Pasternak documents the toxic legacy of uranium mining in the Navajo lands of northeastern Arizona, where radioactive dust wound up in Navajo homes and drinking water.
NPR: Makah Views Whalers as Heroes and Nuisances
From NPR:
All Things Considered, March 12, 2008 · Five Makah Indians are due in federal court next month to face charges of illegally killing a gray whale in the waters off Washington state. The men say they did it out of frustration: Their tribe has a recognized treaty right to hunt the whales, but it has been waiting years for a government permit.
The hunters’ actions have had more than just legal consequences. The rest of the tribe has come to see them as both troublemakers and heroes.
Wayne Johnson, one of the men, says he’s afraid to go back to the Makah reservation and face the leaders of his tribe. His troubles started on a sunny day last September, when he decided he was no longer going to wait for a government permit to go whaling.
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