Stories from the reservation: Cancer within the Navajo Nation
Dylan Joe
Navajo Nation and Hopi
Navajo Nation and Hopi
Joe, Dylan. Glamour Shot. August 10 2024.
“Navajo Nation Flag.” Infobase, Facts On File. American Indian History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=18626&itemid=WE43&iid=202375. Accessed 19 Sept. 2024.
“Hopi Tribe of Arizona Flag.” Infobase, Facts On File. American Indian History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=18626&itemid=WE43&iid=244822. Accessed 19 Sept. 2024.
"File:Shiprock Chapter House.jpg." Wikimedia Commons. 2 May 2022, 07:58 UTC. 20 Sep 2024, 20:27 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Shiprock_Chapter_House.jpg&oldid=653287346>.
Armstrong, Jeanette. “Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community,” in Jerry Mander and Edward Goldsmith (eds), The Case Against the Global Economy. San Francisco, CA, Sierra Club Books, 1996. Pp 460-470.
In the article, "Sharing One Skin", by Jeanette Armstrong, it talks about the Okanagan people and their views or how they do their community. It also talks about their responsibility as Okanagan people and how they take care of themselves. The article talks about community or language and how the Okanagan people sees it or what's their meaning to all what they do for community.
Suina, Joseph “And Then I went to school: Memories of a pueblo childhood,”. New Mexico Journal of Reading, Winter 1985, Vol. V, No.2.
This article is about Joseph Henry and how he lived when he was small with his grandmother. First, it talked about how he was at his Pueblo/home and how he enjoy his life with his community. Second, it talked about how he was at school and how it was an different experience for him like the teacher was different or they talked in a different language. Lastly, he changed when the school change him into the whiteman's way.
"File:Shiprock - Flickr - aspidoscelis (1).jpg." Wikimedia Commons. 18 Dec 2021, 02:09 UTC. 20 Sep 2024, 19:54 <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Shiprock_-_Flickr_-_aspidoscelis_(1).jpg&oldid=614784815>.
Toastie, B. “How place names impact the way we see landscape.” High Country News: Know the West, 1 May 2022, https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.5/people-places-how-place-names-impact- the-way-we-see-landscape.
Toastie talks about history and how some places got their names. Some indigenous people talk about sacred places and how they got their names or what it means if it was in their native language.
“WW2 Wallpaper Images (71+ images).” Getwallpapers.com, https://getwallpapers.com/collection/ww2-wallpaper-images. Accessed 9 October 2024.
Carlisle, Rodney. “Uranium Mining and Milling.” Encyclopedia of the Atomic Age, Facts On File, 2001. Modern World History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=18626&itemid=WE53&articleId=247130.
In the article, "Uranium mining and milling" by Rondey Carlisle, it talks about uranium and what it is. It also talks about World History like World War II and why the United States wanted uranium. The article mostly talks about history and how United States was the world's largest producer of uranium. The article tells you how much uranium the United States got over the years. It also tells you that uranium is one of the most noted and investigated public health hazards from the mining or milling. "By the early 1980s, there were 35 large mill tailings mounds at active and inactive mill tailings."
Brugge, Doug, et al. The Navajo People and Uranium Mining / Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, Esther Yazzie-Lewis. University of New Mexico Press. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=dc75e52a-b92d-3fe9-a6bd-7277cb18ccd4. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
In the book called "The Navajo People and Uranium Mining" talks about Navajo and Uranium Mining history. It talks about Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and why the U.S. Congress passed it. It also talks about the early European experience like how Germany had designated cancer in miners. They also talk about the U.S Atomic Energy Commission and how they found more uranium in the United States. There was Navajo Nation in the book and it talks about how uranium was discovered in there and the history of it. "Uranium was discovered in Cove, Arizona, and then elsewhere in the reservation."
Brugge, Doug, et al. Memories Come to Us in the Rain and the Wind Oral Histories and Photographs of Navajo Uranium Miners & Their Families. Navajo Uranium Miner Oral History and Photography Project. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=92565030-73f1-3c2c-b7b0-70bf22cd03b1. Accessed 8 Oct. 2024.
This book called "Memories Comes To Us In The Rain And The Wind" was about Histories of Uranium Miners and their Families. The Book also talks about Interviews of Uranium Miners like Timothy Benally who was a former uranium miners. The book mentions the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and how it was designed. There was some U.S. history and mostly Navajo history like the BIA. There was a lot of Navajo ladies mention and how most of them became widows because their husband's deaths by the Uranium Mines. "So a lot of the Navajo ladies became widows".
Bitsóí, Alastair Lee, et al. “From sheep camp to the city to study uranium's damage to Navajo people • Source New Mexico.” Source New Mexico, 1 July 2024, https://sourcenm.com/2024/07/01/from-sheep-camp-to-the-city-to-study-uraniums-damage-to-navajo-people/. Accessed 5 November 2024.
In the article, written by Alastair Lee Bitsóí, it talks about the threats on the Navajo Nation today. It also talks about a guy named Kevin Patterson, how he discovers the biggest threats to his community back home which are uranium and vanadium. “In doing so, they initiated geochemical processes that mobilized uranium and vanadium into groundwater sources”. This quote is very important because many Navajo people use groundwater. It also tells you that there are a lot of abandoned mines and tons of uranium ore have been extracted across the Navajo Nation.
Dedios, Jeanette, et al. “Gathering will mark 45 years since the largest radioactive release in U.S. history hit New Mexico • Source New Mexico.” Source New Mexico, 12 July 2024, https://sourcenm.com/2024/07/12/gathering-will-mark-45-years-since-the-largest-radioactive-release-in-u-s-history-hit-new-mexico/. Accessed 5 November 2024.
In the article, by Jeanette Dedios, KUNM News, talks about the largest radioactive release in U.S. history occurred at Church Rock New Mexico and how it was 45 years ago. It talks about how the dam ruptured and released more than a thousand tons of radioactive waste. “Many of them waded in it to get their livestock out and ended up with sores on their legs.” This quote is very important because many people weren’t warned about it and they get hurt or in danger out of nowhere. There were contaminants that flowed downstream through Gallup, across nine chapters and talked about the effects.
“Data on Cancer Research Detailed by Researchers at Guru Jambheshwar University (Assessment of Age-dependent Radiation Dose and Toxicological Risk of Uranium In Ground Water Around Uranium Mines In Sikar, Rajasthan).”
"Data on Cancer Research Detailed by Researchers at Guru Jambheshwar University (Assessment of Age-dependent Radiation Dose and Toxicological Risk of Uranium In Ground Water Around Uranium Mines In Sikar, Rajasthan)." Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 18 Nov. 2023, p. 1048. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A772520120/AONE?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=3d405502. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
In the Article, it talks about the Uranium Mines in Sikar Rajasthan, India. It also talked about how researchers found uranium in the ground water. “Uranium concentration in forty-six groundwater samples collected from the region near.” This quote is important because the Indians also use ground water resources. The article tells you how there could be cancer risk due to the amount of uranium in Sikar Rajasthan, India.
"Findings from North-West University in the Area of Cancer Reported (Assessing Health Risk Associated With Uranium In Rietspruit Water, Far West Rand Goldfield, South Africa)." Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 14 Jan. 2023, p. 1307. Gale In Context: Middle School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A732568584/MSIC?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=98ef4d36. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
In the article, it talks about the Far West Rand Goldfield mine in South Africa and how they found uranium. Then they found uranium in their water and contaminated the Rietspruit water. They have been mining there for 60 years and the researchers collected water samples where it can cause cancer. “The Rietspruit is a tributary of the Vaal River and subsequently flows through residential and agricultural land. This quote is important because it is saying cancer will affect the residential side and uranium will affect agricultural land.
"University of Turin Reports Findings in Cancer Research (Assessment of potential human health, radiological and ecological risks around mining areas in northeastern Brazil)." Ecology, Environment & Conservation, 16 Aug. 2024, p. 1932. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A804495340/AONE?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=5af6e7fb. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
In the article, it talks about Northeastern Brazil and how it is highly contaminated. It also talks about how many people are there and how they have risks. “The aim of this unprecedented comprehensive investigation was to assess the health.” This quote is important because they are trying to reach a goal. To get that goal, the article was talking about how to reach that goal by taking samples.
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