re ee i ae
1954 continued
tion of Ebeye Island (a 78 acre island
less than one mile long and 650 feet
Fe = ee 2
wide) grows to 980 people.
1955 Kili: Trust Territory ships with
supplies continue to have difficulties
off-loading supplies at Kili because of
rough seas.
1956 NOVEMBER 19 Ujelang: The Ujelang
aot,
a
augiamenen,
el
‘
people have received no compensation
for the loss of their home atoll, Enewetak, and are now offered $25,000 in
cash and a trust fund of $150,000 with
semi-annual interest payments at 3 1/32
by the U.S. government. Faced with
harsh living conditions, the people accept and sign an agreement which says
in part: "...The Government of the
=i
United States shall possess the full
use rights to Enewetak Atoll until
such time as it will not be necessary
a year) to be divided among the
Bikinians on Kili.
agreement was made voluntarily and
without any compulsion or coercion
Kili and causes extensive damage to
crops in addition to sinking the Biki-
to occupy and use the Atoll in the interest of the maintenance of international peace and security" and "...This
ee a eee ee es
_
dittiditaeainies
oo.
itt
tein ere
,
1958 JANUARY Kili: Typhoon Ophelia
Kili, the Trust Territory government
Selects a site in nearby Jaluit Atoll
to start a satellite community.
Three
Bikini families move from Kili Island
to the site in Jaluit, 30 miles north.
causes great destruction on Jaluit and
other southern atolls.
All the Kili
people living on Jaluit are forced to
move back to Kili as the satellite
community becomes uninhabitable.
alternate with these first settlers as
1960 Kili: Rough seas once again pre-
conmuts, pendanss and taro) are planted.
viding adequate service to Kili Island.
The Bikinians face food shortages once
more.
’
During 1957, several other families
housing is erected and food crops (co-
NOVEMBER Kili: Representatives of the
Kili people sign an agreement giving
the U.S. government "full use rights to
Bikini Atoll...future claims by Bikinians based on the use of Bikini by the
Government of the United States...or on
een
1957 NOVEMBER Kili: Typhoon Lola hits
nians' supply ship.
whatsoever."
NOVEMBER Kili: As problems worsen on
as.
ENEWETAK PEOPLE ON UJELANG ATOLL
IN THE EARLY 196058
Photo by Leonard Mason.
vent the field trip vessels from pro-
Kwajalein: The residents of Roi Namur
Island, in the northerm part of Kwajalein Atoll, are relocated to Ennubirr
Island about two miles away, and to
Ebeye.
Ennubirr becomes an indigenous
labor camp for the base facilities at
the moving of the Bikini people from
Bikini Atoll to Kili Island, shall be
Roi Namur, similar to Ebeye for Kwajaagainst them (the representatives) and
not against the Government." In return, lein workers and their dependents.
the Bikinians are given “full use rights"
to Kili and several islands
in Jaluit
and $25,000 in cash and a $300,000 trust
fund yielding semi-annual interest pay-
ment of $4,972.50 (about $15 per person
1961 OCTOBER Kwajalein: The inhabitants
of Lib Island are relocated to Ebeye by
the Navy, as Lib is in the new "impact
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