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Toastie on Nostr: Jim’s cleanup efforts now extend into future generations. The Yakama Nation is ...

Jim’s cleanup efforts now extend into future generations. The Yakama Nation is sending youth to Los Alamos, #NewMexico, (another site in the Manhattan Project) to learn about their toxic inheritance, and hiring interns to work on tribal cleanup efforts. I spoke to one such intern, Josephine Buck, who’s trying to ensure that federal cleanup activities respect and preserve important cultural sites. 


You can read the story here:



https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-8/indigenous-celebration-of-hanford-remembers-the-site-before-nuclear-contamination/