\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