000346972 000__ 03290cam\a2200397\a\4500 000346972 001__ 346972 000346972 005__ 20210513124908.0 000346972 008__ 100211s2010\\\\nyuabf\\\b\\\\001\0deng\\ 000346972 010__ $$a 2010005546 000346972 020__ $$a9781416594826 000346972 020__ $$a1416594825 000346972 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn464593180 000346972 035__ $$a346972 000346972 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dMOF$$dC#P$$dABG$$dCDX$$dLTP$$dNLM 000346972 043__ $$an-ust-- 000346972 049__ $$aISEA 000346972 05000 $$aE99.N3$$bP378 2010 000346972 08200 $$a979.1004/9726$$222 000346972 1001_ $$aPasternak, Judy,$$d1956- 000346972 24510 $$aYellow dirt :$$ban American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed /$$cJudy Pasternak. 000346972 250__ $$a1st Free Press hardcover ed. 000346972 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bFree Press,$$c2010. 000346972 300__ $$axiii, 317 p., [16] p. of plates :$$bill., map ;$$c24 cm. 000346972 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000346972 5050_ $$aS-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush. The patriarch : discovery. The special rocks ; The secret quest ; Jumping on the king -- The son : fear and frenzy -- The power of Łeetso ; Cold War ; The obstacle ; A hundred tons a day ; Endings ; Toxic legacy. The grandchildren : aftermath. Fallout ; Avalanche of suspicion ; A blind eye and a deaf ear -- The great-grandchildren : death and awakening. "Hear our voices" ; Under scrutiny from every angle ; Resistance ; Ghosts ; Beginnings -- The steeple. 000346972 520__ $$a"Yellow Dirt offers readers a window into a dark chapter of modern history that still reverberates today. From the 1940s into the early twenty-first century, the United States knowingly used and discarded an entire tribe for the sake of atomic bombs. Secretly, during the days of the Manhattan Project and then in a frenzy during the Cold War, the government bought up all the uranium that could be mined from the hundreds of rich deposits entombed under the sagebrush plains and sandstone cliffs. Despite warnings from physicians and scientists that long-term exposure could be harmful, even fatal, thousands of miners would work there unprotected. A second set of warnings emerged about the environmental impact. Yet even now, long after the uranium boom ended, and long after national security could be cited as a consideration, many residents are still surrounded by contaminated air, water, and soil. The radioactive 'yellow dirt' has ended up in their playgrounds, in their bread ovens, in their churches, and even in their garbage dumps. And they are still dying"--Cover, p. 2. 000346972 650_0 $$aNavajo Indians$$xGovernment relations$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000346972 650_0 $$aNavajo Indians$$xHealth and hygiene$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000346972 650_0 $$aNavajo Indians$$vBiography. 000346972 650_0 $$aUranium mines and mining$$xPolitical aspects$$zSouthwest, New$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000346972 650_0 $$aUranium mines and mining$$xSocial aspects$$zSouthwest, New$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000346972 650_0 $$aRadiation$$xHealth aspects$$zSouthwest, New$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000346972 651_0 $$aNavajo Indian Reservation$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000346972 651_0 $$aSouthwest, New$$xEthnic relations$$xHistory$$y20th century. 000346972 85200 $$bgen$$hE99.N3$$iP378$$i2010 000346972 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2010005546-b.html 000346972 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1006/2010005546-d.html 000346972 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:346972$$pGLOBAL_SET 000346972 980__ $$aBIB 000346972 980__ $$aBOOK