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Natives of Pt. Hope
Against “Project
Chariot” Blast
POINT BARROW — The
Point Barrow conference on na
tive rights ended Friday night
with natives claiming ownership
of the site of the proposed “Proj
ect Chariot” atomic blast on the
Arctic Ocean.
The Eskimos of Point Hope
claim they have aboriginal rights
to the land, that the Bureau of
Land Management had no right to
issue a license to the Atomic
Energy Commission to do re
search there.
The research now in progress
near the village of Point Hope is
for a proposed nuclear explosion
for peaceful purposes. A harbor
is to be formed by a series of
atomic blasts.
In a formal report, the con
ference called on the Interior De
partment to revoke the permit
before the experiment is allowed
to go any further.
It was claimed the explosion
would be dangerous to native
health because of the effect of
the radiation on animals hunted
by the Eskimos for food.
Eskimos and natives had gath
ered from throughout the north
for thfeir first meeting which took
preliminary steps to form a
brotherhood patterned after the
Alaska Native Brotherhood in
Southeast Alaska.
Assistant Secretary of the In
terior John Carver was at the
final meeting Friday night when
the report was read protesting
the “Project Chariot” operation
and other charges against the
government over the abuse of
aboriginal rights of the natives.
If it hadn’t been for a strong
wind, the Pilgrims might' have
celebrated Thanksgiving in New
York. World Book Encyclopedia
explains that they probably ex
pected to settle somewhere near
the Hudson River. The wind and
the shoals* off Cape Cod forced
them to turn north.
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