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Nuclear lab drops use of Hopi word

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JANUARY 4, 2000

The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has stopped using a Hopi word to describe bunkers used in nuclear experiments.

Pueblo leaders and residents had complained about the use of the word kiva to descirbe the chambers. Kivas are sacred structures in Pueblo and Hopi culture.

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Lab Bunkers No Longer Called 'Kivas' (The Albuquerque Journal 1/4)