Climate Conversations – Legacy of Extraction: Abandoned Mines on the Navajo Nation with Arlyssa Becenti

Mining companies extracted millions of tons of uranium from the Navajo Nation between 1944 and 1986. Today hundreds of abandoned uranium mines litter the Navajo Nation. How have the Navajo people, land, and water suffered from exposure to these mines? Are people still at risk of radiation exposure? What is being done by the federal government to clean up contaminated sites? While they wait for cleanup, communities continue to bring awareness to and educate others about the physical and environmental hazards of the mines. How much has been lost and damaged? How do the Navajo people feel?  Join investigative journalist, Arlyssa Becenti, as she reports on the abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation, and its ramifications.

This program is part of the Climate Conversations series hosted by Arizona Humanities and made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

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