Preface
Little White Lies
by Gary Robinson
Preface
In 1942 Congress passed the Atomic Energy Act, which began America’s program to develop and build the atomic bomb. This legislation also launched a massive national search for uranium ore and authorized the seizure of any lands found to contain uranium. Some of America’s largest deposits of uranium were discovered in the Southwest within lands belonging to American Indian people, particularly the Navajo.
This is the fictional story of one Navajo woman’s life-long battle against uranium mining on her reservation and the federal government’s cover-up that allowed it to happen. It is based on actual events that happened to real people--people whose lives were destroyed by the very government that had promised to protect them.
With the help and encouragement of a small group of dedicated friends and co-workers, this woman, acting with courage and conviction, brought the hidden truth to light and forced the U.S. government to apologize for one of the “little white lies” it told its own people, and to pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in 1990.
