Lawsuits are still pending on these cases. I was shocked to learn of the long history of abuse of natives at the hands of the U.S. government only after moving here some years ago. It is a pathetic legacy. Of course, with all the recent publicity on government radiation testing, more people are learning of the atrocities committed here. Back in the 1960s, the government wanted to know how radioisotopes move through soil and water, so they released a batch of it near an Arctic native village.
Villagers continue to express concern about high rates of cancer in their community.
Then, of course, there's the infamous Iodine 131 tests conducted on Inupiat Eskimo and Athobascan villagers by the United States Air Force's Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory. Some of these poor unfortunate souls were, according to one estimate, subjected to the equivalent of 700 chest X-rays. These projects, located on the North Slope of Alaska near Barrow, are supposed to monitor climate changes in the Arctic. ARM utilizes a sophisticated array of lasers and microwave devices, surrounded by so-called RASS units that will send sound waves booming skyward over huge outdoor loudspeakers for at least ten minutes every hour. The ARM site, nestled in an old United States Navy facility, is near small businesses, houses, and even the local college.