Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (CAREs)
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Report
Date
3-2007
Description
The Tupippuh Project consists of members and descendants of the Western Shoshone Nation’s Timbisha Shoshone People whose traditional homeland includes the area that is now the vicinity of Death Valley National Park, CA and north including Beatty, NV and Lida, NV. The mission of the Tupippuh Project is to preserve and strengthen traditional Western Shoshone cultural values for future generations.
The objectives of this study were: 1) to perform soils analyses of the parcels to determine if radioactive contamination is present; 2) to conduct interviews with elders who may have relevant knowledge of contaminant pathways in the soil, air, plants, and wildlife during the nuclear era; 3) to gather, review and analyze available scientific reports, evaluations, special studies and projected contamination patterns and models of NTS contamination; 4) to collaborate with the Yomba Shoshone Tribe of Nevada’s monitoring initiative, by sharing information and equipment; 5) to develop a final report for the project, which will include the results of the archival research, elder interview summaries (with confidentiality restrictions), soil contamination survey results and analyses; and 6) to disseminate the results of this report to tribal members, tribal governments and organizations, and public and private organizations with a vested interest in this region or this subject matter.
This research was completed money allocated during Round 3 of the Citizens’ Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund (MTA Fund). Clark University was named conservator of these works.
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Tuppipuh Project
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Keywords
nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons testing, environment, non-governmental organizations, United States Department of Energy, tribal governments, environmental cleanup, radioactive fallout, radioactive waste
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Location
Death Valley, CA
Recommended Citation
Bobb, Bonnie Eberhardt and Tuppipuh Project, "A Soil Contamination Survey of Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Lands within Close Proximity to the Nevada Test Site" (2007). Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment (CAREs). 5.
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