The Members of This Reservation Learned They Live with Nuclear Weapons. Can Their Reality Ever Be the Same?

A few of the Fort Berthold Reservation including native art, dress, and signage
Nina Berman/Scientific American

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara peoples are learning more about the missiles siloed on their lands, and that knowledge has put the preservation of their culture and heritage in even starker relief.


Written by: Ella Weber 
Edited by: Sébastien Philippe, Jeffery DelViscio & Tulika Bose

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Independent research and new technologies to understand and reduce the risks posed by nuclear weapons.

Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, MacArthur Foundation, PAX sapiens, Longview Philanthropy, and the Ploughshares Fund.

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