22 RADIOLOGICAL CLEANUP OF ENEWETAK ATOLL FIGURE 1-26. A FAMILY GROUP IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. one or a few of its largest islands. The second is a mobility that is demonstrated by various extended fishing and collecting activities that embrace every niche of the environment. For example, they have a nonintensive form of agriculture in which regular expeditions are made to all islands of an atoll to make copra and collect coconuts, breadfruit, pandanus, arrowroot, and other vegetable foods in season. Clearing of brush and planting are done during these visits. Marine resourcesare also exploited, with a wide variety of marine animals being utilized. Special expeditions are madeto collect shellfish, capture turtles, and gather their eggs, in addition to catching fish. Several species of birds are also captured as a food source. The Enewetak people may be expected to continuethis way of life to some degree when they return to their home atoll, although they may remain strongly influenced in many ways by their contacts with western culture.2! The typical outrigger canoe of the Marshallese is shown in Figure !-27. Historically, the people of Enewetak have been divided into two separate and distinct communities which were located on the twolargest islands of the atoll. Here ‘‘community”’ is defined as the maximum group of persons who normally reside together in face-to-face association. One community was situated primarily on Enjebi (Janet) Island on the northern rim, and the other was located primarily on Enewetak Island across the lagoon in the southeast quadrant of the atoll. The traditional (cr muansine