Wastelanding Voyles Traci Brynne
Wastelanding Voyles Traci Brynne Wastelanding tells the history of the uranium industry on Navajo land in the U.S. Uranium mines and mills on the Navajo Nation land have long supplied U.S. Southwest,…
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Wastelanding Voyles Traci Brynne
Wastelanding tells the history of the uranium industry on Navajo land in the U.S. Uranium mines and mills on the Navajo Nation land have long supplied U.S. Southwest, asking why certain landscapes and the peoples who inhabit them come to be targeted for disproportionate exposure to environmental harm.
By 1942, mines on the reservation were the main source of uranium for the top-secret Manhattan Project. nuclear weapons and energy programs. Today, the Navajo Nation is home to more than a thousand abandoned uranium sites.
Radiation-related diseases are endemic, claiming the health and lives of former miners and nonminers alike.Traci Brynne Voyles argues that the presence of uranium mining on Din (Navajo) land constitutes a clear case of environmental racism. Looking at discursive constructions of landscapes, she explores how environmental racism develops over time. For