Indian New Deal, Tribal Termination, and Urban Relocation 1934-1967

1958

Nuclear testing continues on Native lands in the Marshall Islands

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The "Baker" explosion, a nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll. Image: U.S. Department of Defense

From 1946 to 1958, the United States conducts 67 tests in the Marshall Islands. If their combined explosive power were parceled evenly over that 12-year period, it would equal 1.6 Hiroshima-size explosions per day. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2015/11/27/a-ground-zero forgotten/)

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