\y
and
desirable nas prevented a wnolehearted attempt
to adjust
to the islarcd.
The writer was closely
people durtirs his years
in the Marshall
of
Island.
involved with
the former Bikini
service as District Anthropologist
He
lived on Kili for several
pro-
longed periods and was able to see what life on Kili is like.
In his opinion the complaints cf the ex-Bikini people on Kilt
are valid.
Conditions are certainly unfavorable.
There are
pertoda when the island is isolated and the people are very
short of food.
There is no doubt that Kili could support a
smaller population,
from
if the island could be supplied adequately
the outside world.
to the
former Bikinlans,
However,
the only solution acceptable
as a whole,
is
to return them
to
Bikini.
Attempts to Aid in the Adjustment Process
The Administration of
the Trust Territory made
various
efforts to assist the relocated Bikinians to make a successful
adjustment
to Kili.
A fifty-foot
turned over to the group.
island
was
soon
lost
land
in the
the
surf due
<A second
was a great
through
This was to be
used to supply
in addition to the regular field trip stops.
enced crew.
This
schooner was purchased and
craft
help but
was provided
was
southern Marshalls
was provided
to mishandling by the
ror the use
iost
The
in a typhoon which
or the Kili people
craft
inexperi-
several years
in December of 1957.
the
later.
swept
Government
on the
neigh-
boring atoll of Jaluit,
Several acres on Jabwor Island were
used as a village area.
Houses,
ow)?"
a storehouse,
and
other