Margene Bullcreek, Skull Valley Indian Reservation, Utah: an interview by Samantha Senda-Cook, 3 November 2007

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Title Margene Bullcreek, Skull Valley Indian Reservation, Utah: an interview by Samantha Senda-Cook, 3 November 2007
Alternative Title No.453 Margene Bullcreek
Creator Bullcreek, Margene
Contributor Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center; Senda-Cook, Samantha; Endres, Danielle
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 2007; 2008
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Date Digital 2014-06-11
Spatial Coverage Skull Valley Reservation, Toole County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5781480/
Subject Bullcreek, Margene--Interviews; Gosiute Indians--Biography; Skull Valley Reservation (Utah)--History; Radioactive waste disposal--Political aspects--Utah; Radioactive waste disposal--Social aspects--Utah; Indigenous peoples--North America
Keywords Nuclear waste storage; Native Americans
Description Transcript (17 pages) of interview by Samantha Senda-Cook and Danielle Endres with Margene Bullcreek, on March 18, 2008. Accompanied by articles, photos, and maps connected with the plan to store nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Reservation
Abstract Margene Bullcreek (b. 1946) is a member of the Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians. She talks about her upbringing, family life, and her identity as a traditionalist American Indian. One of the major opponents of the plan to store nuclear waste on her reservation, she describes her activism since1992. Bullcreek also explains the concept of environmental justice, discusses the dynamics of inter-tribal decision making, and talks about the organizations of which she is a member that helped her fight against nuclear waste on the reservation. Nuclear Technology Project. Interviewers: Samantha Senda-Cook and Danielle Endres
Type Text
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Language eng
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Topic Gosiute Indians; Utah--Skull Valley Reservation; Radioactive waste disposal--Political aspects; Radioactive waste disposal--Social aspects
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63b7hhg