Native American plant resources in the Yucca Mountain Area, Nevada

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/137690· OSTI ID:137690

Stoffle, R. W.; Evans, M. J.; Halmo, D. B. ^[1]; Niles, W. E.; O`Farrell, J. T. ^[2]

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1. Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (USA). Inst. for Social Research
2. EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Goleta, CA (USA)

This report presents Native American interpretations of and concerns for plant resources on or near Yucca Mountain, Nevada. This one of three research reports regarding Native American cultural resources that may be affected by site characterization activities related to the Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste disposal facility. Representatives of the sixteen involved American Indian tribes identified and interpreted plant resources as part of a consultation relationship between themselves and the US Department of Energy (DOE). Participants in the ethnobotany studies included botanists who have conducted, and continue to conduct, botanical studies for the Yucca Mountain Project. This report is to be used to review research procedures and findings regarding the process of consulting with the sixteen tribes, interviews with tribal plant specialists and elders, and findings from the ethnobotanical visits with representatives of the sixteen tribes. An annual report will include a chapter that summarizes the key findings from this plant resources study. 23 refs., 75 figs., 39 tabs.

• Research Organization: Science Applications International Corp., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-87NV10576
• OSTI ID: 137690
• Report Number(s): DOE/NV/10576-19; ON: DE90008155
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Nov 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
AMERICAN INDIANS
PLANTS
TESTING
CULTURAL RESOURCES
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
LAND RESOURCES
BOTANY
NUCLEAR WASTE POLICY ACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FIELD TESTS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
HYDROLOGY
GEOLOGY
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
Yucca Mountain Project