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Created: Nov 20, 2007
Updated: Nov 21, 2009
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Nuclear Weapons and Indigenous People
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Indigenous nations have been part of the story of nuclear contamination since the dawn of the atomic age. Indigenous peoples have been disproportionately affected by the international nuclear weapons and power industries.
Of the eight nations in the world that have detonated nuclear weapons during the last 55 years, five have used the sacred land of indigenous peoples. The United States, Russia, Britain, France and China have ‘tested’ their nuclear might on lands held sacred by the people of First Nations. The Western Shoshone nation of North America, the Marshall and other South Pacific Islanders, Australian Aboriginals, the Kazakhs, and Tibetans are but a few of those whose land has been consistently contaminated with nuclear poison.
Of the eight nations in the world that have detonated nuclear weapons during the last 55 years, five have used the sacred land of indigenous peoples. The United States, Russia, Britain, France and China have ‘tested’ their nuclear might on lands held sacred by the people of First Nations. The Western Shoshone nation of North America, the Marshall and other South Pacific Islanders, Australian Aboriginals, the Kazakhs, and Tibetans are but a few of those whose land has been consistently contaminated with nuclear poison.
