Apprehending Toxic Exposure in and between the Navajo Nation

Teresa Montoya (Diné)

Ford Foundation Research Associate

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago

On the Navajo Nation there remain over 500 abandoned uranium mines following rampant Cold War era extraction projects that continue to contaminate land and kin alike. Diné scholar Teresa Montoya interrogates the endurance of toxic exposure in the 21st century alongside settler colonial land policy of the 19th century to theorize the ongoing challenges—and possibilities—for environmental regulation and political mobilization on Indigenous lands today.

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Established in 1907, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) advances creative thought and innovative work in the social sciences, humanities, and Native American arts. SAR is home to the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC), a leader in community-advised and collaborative Indigenous arts engagement and collections management. Through scholar residency, seminar, and artist fellowship programs, SAR Press publications, and a range of public programs, SAR facilitates intellectual inquiry and human understanding. SAR’s historic 16-acre campus sits on the ancestral lands of the Tewa people in O’gah’poh geh Owingeh or Santa Fe, New Mexico. SAR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.

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