TESTIMONIES // ORAL HISTORY
Hearing Summary and Testimonies
Hearing on the Health and Environmental Impacts of Uranium Contamination in the Navajo Nation, 2007
On October 23, 2007 the Committee held a hearing to examine the adverse healthand environmental impacts experienced by the Navajo people in the aftermath of decades of uranium mining and milling conducted in and around the Navajo reservation in order to meet the federal government's need for nuclear weaponsmaterial.
The hearing also examined the extent to which the surface and groundwatercontamination from the uranium mines and mills has been cleaned up, the clean-up that remains to be done, andthe steps federal agencies must take in cooperation with the Navajo Nation in order to address the remaininghealth and environmental problems. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.
Witness Testimonies Linked HERE
Witness List:
The Hon. George Arthur, Chairman, Resources Committee, Navajo Nation Council
The Hon. Stephen Etsitty, Director, Navajo Nation Environmental ProtectionAgency
Dr. Doug Brugge, Associate Professor, Tufts University School of MedicineMr. Larry King, Gallup, New Mexico
Ms. Edith Hood, Church Rock, New Mexico
Mr. Phil Harrison, Window Rock, Arizona
Mr. Ray Manygoats, Tuba City, Arizona
The Hon. Wayne Nastri, Regional Administrator, Region 9, U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency
Mr. David Geiser, Deputy Director, Office of Legacy Management, U.S. Departmentof Energy,
Dr. Charles L. Miller, Director, Office of Federal and State Materials andEnvironmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mr. Robert G. McSwain, Acting Director, Indian Health Service
Mr. Jerry Gidner, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs
