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Native America Calling: Oppenheimer’s lasting nuclear threat for tribes
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Oppenheimer’s lasting nuclear threat for tribes
Native American ranchers and other rural New Mexico residents were among those who saw the flash of the first test of the atomic bomb in 1945.
Descendants of the people downwind of the blast say they continue to pay the price with serious health conditions – and tribes also complain leaching from uranium mines to fuel subsequent nuclear reactors pose a daily health threat.
Guests on Native America Calling
Leona Morgan (Diné), anti-nuclear activist
Marissa Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo), environmental justice organizer with Honor Our Pueblo Existence (HOPE)
Ian Zabarte (Shoshone), principal man of the Western Band of Shoshone Indians and secretary of the Native Community Action Council
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