Uranium Mining On Indigenous Land

In response to global warming, governments are proposing a shift to nuclear energy so that unsustainable western standards of living will not be compromised in the short term. They are buying time at the expense of generations to come. Here's what Floyd Red Crow Westerman thinks about the future of nuclear energy:

"They didn't listen".

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"And I told them not to dig for uranium, for if they did, the children would die. They didn't listen, they didn't listen, they didn't listen to me.

And I told them if the children die, there would be no keepers of the land. They didn't listen.

And I told them if they destroy the sky, machines would come and soon destroy the land. They didn't listen . . .

And I told them if they destroy the land, man would have to move into the sea. They didn't listen . . .

And I told them if they destroy the sea -- they didn't listen . . . "