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Native America Calling: Native in the Spotlight with Rebecca Jim
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Native in the Spotlight: Rebecca Jim
Rebecca Jim (Cherokee) was a school counselor in 1979 when she witnessed Tar Creek run orange with pollution from nearby mining tailings in northeastern Oklahoma.
The federal government eventually made it a Superfund site. All throughout, Jim has been an environmental advocate ever since and is even known as the Tar Creek Keeper, raising awareness for the 11-mile waterway and leading a non-profit dedicated to ongoing cleanup and holding polluters accountable.
Jim is the Native in the Spotlight for the month of December.
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