Native American Concerns and State of California Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility: Mohave, Navajo, Chemehuevi, and Nevada Paiute Responses

• Main Authors: Stoffle, Richard W., Evans, Michael, Jensen, Florence
• Other Authors: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
• Language: en_US
• Published: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan 1987
• Subjects: Southern Paiute; Mojave; Mohave; Navajo; Radioactive Waste; California
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/271233

This report describes the results of an ethnographic study performed by Cultural Systems Research, Incorporated (CSRI) for US Ecology, Inc. The study was part of US Ecology's efforts to select a site for the disposal of Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) for the State of California. Dr. Stoffle and his research team were responsible for conducting the Mohave, Navajo, and Southern Paiute portions of the study. This draft report includes information that was not included in the final report such as hand drawn maps produced during interviews with tribal representatives. This project marked the first time that Richard Stoffle and his team used mapping as a means to document places and areas of cultural significance.