The Navajo People and Uranium Mining facts for kids
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| Author | Doug Brugge Timothy Benally Esther Yazzie-Lewis (editors) |
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| Subject | Uranium mining and the Navajo people |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
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Publication date
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2006 |
| Pages | 210 pp. |
| ISBN | 978-0-8263-3778-8 |
| OCLC | 71126689 |
The Navajo People and Uranium Mining is a non-fiction book from 2006. It was put together by Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis. The book shares real stories from Navajo Nation families and workers who were part of the uranium mining industry. These stories are called "oral histories" because they were told by the people themselves. The introduction to the book was written by Stewart L. Udall, who used to be a very important government leader in the U.S. called the Secretary of the Interior.
About the Book
The Navajo People and Uranium Mining has 12 chapters. Seven of these chapters tell stories from the Navajo people. These stories come from interviews with miners or their families.
Health Effects of Mining
The other chapters in the book talk about how uranium mining affected people's health. They describe how these health problems changed the lives of the miners and their families.
