Friday, June 28, 2013

Cultural Survival : Mining




UNITED STATES: Navajo receive Nuclear-Free award
... its efforts to keep Navajo Indian Country free from all uranium mining. The award was presented September 24, according to a press ... Nation became the first tribal government to prohibit uranium mining on their reservations in April when it passed the Diné Natural ...
cultural survival - July 2008

Beautiful Spring Speaks: A Resolution to Save the Navajo Aquifer

... on Human Rights “Navajos speak out against uranium mining” By Christina MacPherson Uranium News “Student ...
cultural survival - August 2011

Rio Tinto: Mirrar permission needed

... world’s largest mining corporation, will not consider uranium mining at Jabiluka in Australia’s Northern Territory until they have ... traditional land owners. For the last 20 years, uranium mining has been in operation on Mirrar lands. The 25 members of the ...
UNITED STATES: Increasing objectors to uranium mining in NM
... UNITED STATES: Increasing objectors to uranium mining in NM Scientists ...
cultural survival - July 2008

INDIA: Khasis fight uranium mining plans

... INDIA: Khasis fight uranium mining plans The Khasi ...
cultural survival - July 2008

AUSTRALIA: Mirrar people seek assurances on Jabiluka uranium mine

May 2, 2003 AUSTRALIA: Mirrar people seek assurances on Jabiluka uranium mine An activist has read a state ...
cultural survival - July 2008

Old Habits Die Hard: Indigenous Land Rights and Mining in Australia

April 15, 2010 Old Habits Die Hard: Indigenous Land Rights and Mining in Australia Author:  Behrend ...
lisa - April 2010

An Interview with Sayo':Kla Kindness: an Oneida woman talks about mining

... (Navajo), whose exposure to radioactivity as a result of uranium mining has been especially well-documented (see article by Brugge, ... "The video The Return of Navajo Boy show the impact that uranium mining has had on their people.The director of the movie approached me ...
Paul - April 2010

Native Reluctance to Join Mining Industry Initiatives: activist perspective

... neck in unsustainable activities like trying to engage in uranium mining over the wishes of traditional landowners inside Kakadu National ...
 
 
Poisons and Peripheral People - Part III: Industrial and Mining Hazards in the Third World
... the illiterate, and animals can't read. As of 1980, uranium mining was at a standstill. Questions concerning the health hazards of ...
cultural survival - February 2010

Green Alliances? Anti-Mining Activism and Indigenous Communities in the "New World"

... any direct short-term impact on their means of survival. Uranium mining exemplifies these differences most acutely because ... generally advocate a permanent moratorium on uranium mining. This is true of many other mining ventures as well. However, ... In Canada, the NGOs who were involved in opposition to uranium mining did not provide any direct technical support or evaluative ...
cultural survival - April 2010

AUSTRALIA: Jabiluka mining halted

July 10, 2003 AUSTRALIA: Jabiluka mining halted The mining corporation Rio Tinto has decided to sign an a ...
cultural survival - July 2008

Where the Green Ants Dream

... simple. An Australian mining company is about to set up a uranium mining operation in lands long occupied by aboriginals. The geologist ... for independence, but a development push, especially in uranium mining, newly jeopardized an embattled collection of cultures. Today's ...
cultural survival - February 2010

UNITED STATES: EPA to clean up mine on Spokane reservation

October 6, 2005 UNITED STATES: EPA to clean up mine on Spokane reservation The Environmental Protection Ag ...
cultural survival - July 2008

Minobimaatisiiwin: The Good Life

March 16, 2010 Minobimaatisiiwin: The Good Life Author:  LaDuke Winona ...
cultural survival - March 2010

Nurturing the Sacred in Western Arnhem Land: The Legacy of Shaman, Healer and Mentor Paddy Compass Namadbara

April 28, 2010 Nurturing the Sacred in Western Arnhem Land: The Legacy of Shaman, Healer and Mentor Paddy Compass Namadbara ...