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said. “His promige is not kept.”
where he jess at term or for seversi duys
mildiy alcohiohe beverage. Altniouth tre cor
residents of Bikini because of radioactivity |
Jeladnik says that no one told him he co
there adopted the Uinied States as
ther twoj ap—ther paramount
chef, the power over and Leyond
their locai isiand chief, Juda. And, in
Marsra_lese tradition, this meant that
The first American promise to th
Eakin) people was made by the LU’S.
Navy after President Harry $
S Tru-
man had. on Jan. 19, 1946, at the ree-
henceforward the United States was
wEMendation of the Joint Chiefs of
respons.ble for the protection and
weiJ-being of the Bikini people.
siaff, given the go-ahead for Onerauicn Crossreads. the first post-World
ar H test of nuclear weapons.
Althougn to American eves the
atolls of the Marshalis look much the
same, the removal was deeplypainful
and culturally destructive to the Bikimuans.
{n siruplest terms. the promise went
fometrangz hke this: We have decited
to use your atoll ia test a aawertul
rew weaOn. For your own safety,
vou will oo moved lo another piace.
For. as many anthrenglomsts have
observed, tnere is among Alicronezian
peopies a profound, mystical attachMen: to tne particulur, uny plots of
land owned bytheir families or clans.
Anthronolomst Robert Kiste, author of were Bikimans: A Study m
rorced Maration.’ said in an interview that the relationship between a
man and his land overrides the con-
We wul take care of vou there. When
we're through using your atoll, we
will bring you back.
Few now question that the Navy
had the ieza!l meht io anpropnate EiKim Atow for muttary purposes.
B:ximi is part of the warshall Islands. whicn is part of Micronesia,
WHICH In tut was ¢stabhescd +
cest of naLonany.
UN. Trust Termiory unaer Unite:
“To say, ‘I'm Marshallese,’ that is a
foreign concepi.” iste said. ““Westermers named those islands the Marshalls. So ‘Marshallese’ has less
meaning than ‘I’m Bikiman.’ And
among themselves, they speak not of
being Bikinians, but say, ‘I'm a person
of tmis particutar piece of land.’ Land
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States administration ny terms of tn
United Nations Charterof 1945.
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