Indigenous views on nuclear power: no thanks

A new report — Indigenous Views on Nuclear Energy and Radioactive Waste — and a 10-minute video —Askomiw Ksanaqak (Forever Dangerous): Indigenous Nations Resist Nuclear Colonialism — are being released this week. Both are the culmination of a year-long project, CEDAR, led by Susan O’Donnell at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, Canada, in partnership with two Indigenous organizations, the Passamaquoddy Recognition Group Inc. and the Wolastoq Grand Council. The report amplifies Indigenous views on nuclear energy and waste and concludes that they do not support more nuclear development or the transport and storage of nuclear waste on Indigenous homelands. Researchers analyzed 30 public statements from Indigenous nations and communities in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario along with 125 documents they submitted to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. (Pictured from the video, Hugh Akagi, Chief of the Passamaquoddy First Nation at Skutik.)

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