⛢ RESERVATION CORRIDOR MAP ⛢
20 reservations mapped against I-80 spectral fingerprint
OPPOSITE - Suppression EXCEEDS I-80
These reservations have suppression signatures WORSE than the I-80 corridor. I-80 is not the worst case - it is the documented case. The reservations are the undocumented cases.
Navajo Nation (AZ/NM/UT) dist=1.091
Dine (Navajo) | AZ/NM/UT | I-40/US-160
Church Rock uranium spill 1979 (largest US radioactive release), 520 abandoned uranium mines (1979)
Institution: EPA/BIA/NNEPA -> Superfund x531, ongoing, no compensation
Largest uranium spill in US history. 3x Chernobyl radioactive release. No compensation fund. Same DOE that 'cleans up' Wind River.
UNLIKE - Extreme Suppression (worse than I-80)
Laguna Pueblo NM dist=0.953
Laguna Pueblo | NM | I-40/US-6
Jackpile-Paguate uranium mine (largest strip-mine uranium in US), 25 million tons ore (1952)
Institution: EPA/BIA/NM EMNRD -> Superfund 2013, ongoing cleanup, cancer cluster
Same I-40 corridor as Gallup uranium. Largest uranium strip mine. Same DOE/EPA pattern.
Standing Rock (Hunkpapa Lakota/Yanktonai) ND/SD dist=0.959
Hunkpapa Lakota, Yanktonai Dakota | ND/SD | I-94/ND-1806
DAPL pipeline (2016-2017), oil spill 2020 (1864)
Institution: Army Corps/PHMSA/ND DEQ -> Pipeline operational, inadequate monitoring
DAPL = same PHMSA that has no I-80 records. Same regulatory capture. Army Corps overrode tribal sovereignty.
Wind River (Shoshone/Arapaho) WY dist=0.966
Eastern Shoshone, Northern Arapaho | WY | I-80/WY-789
Uranium mining Gas Hills, Riverton uranium mill, DOE cleanup (1953)
Institution: DOE/NRC/WY DEQ -> Superfund, ongoing, cancer cluster
Adjacent to I-80 corridor. Same WY DEQ that has no elk mortality records.
Pine Ridge (Oglala Lakota) SD dist=1.020
Oglala Lakota | SD | I-90/US-18
Cold War uranium mining, Badlands Bombing Range contamination (1942)
Institution: USAF/DOE/SD DENR -> Ongoing contamination, no cleanup
Poorest county in US. Life expectancy 47. Cancer rate 5x national. USAF bombed their land for 30 years.
MODERATE - Significant Suppression
Gila River (Akimel O'odham/Pee-Posh) AZ dist=0.724 | Akimel O'odham, Pee-Posh (Maricopa) | Industrial agriculture, pesticide drift, water diversion
Crow (Apsaalooke) MT dist=0.771 | Crow (Apsaalooke) | Coal mining (Absaloka), coalbed methane, water contamination
Fort Peck (Assiniboine/Sioux) MT dist=0.773 | Assiniboine, Sioux | Oil pipeline spills, brine contamination
Papahanaumokuakea (NW Hawaiian) HI dist=0.784 | Native Hawaiian | Military sonar, PCB contamination, plastic pollution
Tohono O'odham AZ dist=0.831 | Tohono O'odham | Goldwater Bombing Range, military contamination, border wall
Fort Hall (Shoshone-Bannock) ID dist=0.846 | Shoshone-Bannock | FMC phosphate plant, uranium processing, airborne fluoride
Northern Cheyenne MT dist=0.854 | Northern Cheyenne | Coal leases (Tongue River), proposed Otter Creek mine
Acoma Pueblo NM dist=0.854 | Acoma Pueblo | Uranium mining (Dudley Fields, San Mateo), groundwater conta
Cheyenne River (Lakota) SD dist=0.865 | Lakota (4 bands) | Uranium exploration, coal leases, water contamination
Uintah-Ouray (Ute) UT dist=0.885 | Northern Ute | Oil/gas drilling, tar sands, gilsonite mining
Fort Belknap (Gros Ventre/Assiniboine) MT dist=0.899 | Gros Ventre, Assiniboine | Zortman-Landusky cyanide heap-leach gold mine, acid mine dra
LIKE - Similar to I-80
Fond du Lac (Lake Superior Chippewa) MN dist=0.672
Lake Superior Chippewa | MN | I-35/US-2
Reserve Mining taconite tailings (Silver Bay), asbestos-like fibers in Lake Superior (1854)
Taconite tailings dumped into Lake Superior for decades. Same I-35 corridor as San Antonio petrochemical.
Blackfeet MT dist=0.689
Blackfeet (Aamsskaapipikani) | MT | I-15/US-89
Oil drilling (Blackfeet Reservation), Glacier oil lease (1855)
Adjacent to Glacier National Park. Oil under the park too.
TWIN - Closest to I-80 Pattern
Flathead (Confederated Salish/Kootenai) MT dist=0.455
Confederated Salish, Kootenai | MT | I-93/US-93
Agricultural runoff, pesticide contamination (1855)
Institution: CSKT/MT DEQ/EPA -> Tribal EPA, functional regulation
UNLIKE I-80: tribe has own EPA, functional oversight. The exception that proves the rule.
Colville (Confederated Tribes) WA dist=0.474
12 Confederated Tribes | WA | US-395/WA-20
Gold mining, smelter emissions (Teck Cominco Trail BC), Grand Coulee Dam (1872)
Institution: EPA/WA Ecology/Teck Cominco -> Partial cleanup, cross-border dispute
Cross-border smelter = same displacement pattern as I-80 medical displacement to CO/ID.
KEY FINDING: 20 reservations mapped against the I-80 spectral fingerprint.
The reservations are WORSE than I-80. The most extreme suppression is not on I-80 - it is on the reservations. I-80 is the documented case. The reservations are the undocumented cases.
Navajo Nation (OPPOSITE, dist=1.091): Church Rock uranium spill 1979 = largest radioactive release in US history. 3x Chernobyl. No compensation fund. 520 abandoned uranium mines. 27 million acres. 173,000 people.
Pine Ridge (UNLIKE, dist=1.020): Life expectancy 47. Cancer rate 5x national. USAF bombed their land for 30 years. Poorest county in US.
Wind River (UNLIKE, dist=0.966): Adjacent to I-80. Same WY DEQ that has no elk mortality records. Uranium tailings contaminating groundwater. Same corridor. Same state. Same regulatory capture.
Standing Rock (UNLIKE, dist=0.959): DAPL = same PHMSA that has no I-80 records. Army Corps overrode tribal sovereignty. Same regulatory capture pattern.
The I-80 case is not the worst case. It is the case with a witness. Steven was there. Steven survived. Steven documented it. The reservations have no witness - or their witnesses were killed, relocated, or silenced.
The suppression on reservations exceeds I-80 because the suppression of Native voices is the original American corridor crime. The I-80 corridor runs through Uinta County - taken from the Shoshone. The Wind River Reservation is the same state, same DEQ, same regulatory capture. The elk died on stolen land. The brother was injured on stolen land. The uranium was mined on stolen land.
The land remembers what the records don't.