The Navajo people and uranium mining / edited by Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis ; foreword by Stewart L. Udall.

Other author Brugge, Doug.
Other author Benally, Timothy.
Other author Yazzie-Lewis, Esther, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxix, 210 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Navajo Indians--Interviews.
Navajo Indians--Diseases.
Navajo Indians--Health and hygiene.
Uranium mines and mining--Health aspects. --Southwestern States.
Uranium miners--Diseases. --Southwestern States.

Contents Introduction: "So a lot of the Navajo ladies became widows" / Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis -- Leetso, the powerful yellow monster : a Navajo cultural interpretation of uranium mining / Esther Yazzie-Lewis and Jim Zion -- "I have revisited the places where I used to work" : oral history of former miner George Tutt / interview by Timothy Benally ; translation/transcription by Esther Yazzie-Lewis and Timothy Benally -- A documentary history of uranium mining and the Navajo people / Doug Brugge and Rob Goble -- "Human beings are priceless" : interview with Leroy and Lorraine Jack / interview by Phil Harrison ; translation/transcription by Esther Yazzie-Lewis and Timothy Benally -- Advocacy and social action among Navajo people : uranium workers and their families, 1988-1995 / Susan E. Dawson, Perry H. Charley, and Phillip Harrison Jr. -- "Our children are affected by it" : oral history of former miner George Lapahie / interview by Timothy Benally ; translation/transcription by Esther Yazzie-Lewis and Timothy Benally -- Psychological effects of technological/human-caused environmental disasters : examination of the Navajo people and uranium / Carol A. Markstrom and Perry H. Charley -- "It was like slave work" : oral history of miner Tommy James / interview by Phil Harrison ; translation/transcription by Esther Yazzie-Lewis and Timothy Benally -- "Everything has been ruined for us" : oral history of miner Joe Ray Harvey / interview by Phil Harrison ; translation/transcription by Esther Yazzie-Lewis and Timothy Benally -- The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act : what is fair? / Doug Brugge and Rob Goble -- "We will never forget it" : oral history of widows Mary Louise Johnson and Minnie Tsosie / interview by Timothy Benally ; translation/transcription by Esther Yazzie-Lewis and Timothy Benally -- Eastern Navajo Diné against uranium mining / interview with Rita and Mitchell Capitan from the film Homeland, Four portraits of native action ; update by Chris Shuey.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006026325
ISBN0826337783 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780826337788 (cloth : alk. paper)

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