. WOR US Whole’
1916. did he feel now about the
Rt as nel are AL
Pac codsnan Inee’ed. perbans em -
ar wits
harassed by the question and bY he
that
the
american.
questioner
“The American is a lar-man.” he
nounced that they must go elsewhere.
mor, arrived by seaplane and an-
said. “His promise is nol kept.”
thet
bere
heen
responsible for the protection and
well-being of the Bikimpeopie.
Aithougn to American eves the
atolls of the Marshalis look much the
same, the removal was deeply painful
and culturally destructive to the BiKinians.
For. aS many anth ronulogists have
ooservod, there is among Micronesian
peopies a profound, mystical altachent to tne narticulur. tiny plots of
land owned by their farnilies or clans.
Anthropologist Robert Kiste, author ef “The Bikinians: A Study in |
Forced Micration.” s aid iN an inter- view that the relationship between a
man and his jand overrides the con-
WHICH Id turn was catablieacd cs a
CEBL OF NaAUONAU.
U.N. Trust Territery unaer eed
“To say, ‘I'm Marshallese,” that is a
foreign concept.” Kiste said. “Westermers named these islands the Marshalls.
‘Marshaliese’ has less
meaning than ‘I’m Bikiman. And
among themselves, they speak not of
being Bikinians, but say, ‘I'm a person
of tnis parucular piece of land.’ Land
Slales administration py terms of!
United Nations Charierof 1945.
Svecifically, it was designated a
“strategic trust,” which permitted the
Umted States to set aside certain
areas of the former Japanese mandate
ternitory for military secumty purposes.
Bikini seemed a logical choice
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Navy after President Harry 3 Truman had, on Jan. 10, i946, at the recDMimendation of the Joint Chefs of
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