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Uranium industry--Environmental aspects--Navajo Indian Reservation

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Compensation for Navajo Uranium Miners collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-936-BC
Abstract This small collection consists of records related to compensation for Navajo uranium miners who contracted cancer and silicosis due to radiation exposure.
Dates: 1989-2004

Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project

 Collection
Identifier: MSS -622-BC
Scope and Content This oral history project consists of 26 individual interviews with former uranium miners or family members of the Navajo Tribe on 26 different cassette tapes. This collection also contains 14 DVDs containing 3 interviews, scenery shots from the mines and the area where the miners lived, as well as some miscellaneous, untranscribed interviews.The interviews were conducted in either Navajo or English by Mr. Benally. Most interviews, or excerpts from them, were transcribed in both...
Dates: 1996-1998

Navajo Uranium Miners Oral History and Photography Project Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-622
Abstract The collection contains photographs which depict former Navajo uranium miners from the Four Corners area and members of their families.
Dates: 1996

Reports and Papers Related to the Navajo Nation

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1121-BC
Abstract The collection contains working papers and reports concerning the Navajo Nation.
Dates: 1937-1979; Majority of material found in 1972-1979