LEON BEAR

The Chairman and the tribe had invited the Federal Government to use part of their reservation as a toxic waste dump for nuclear materials, deciding that the economic benefit was worth the risk. The governor of Utah and many other whites objected, not wanting nuclear waste stored or traveling through Utah.

The Chairman and the tribe had invited the Federal Government to use part of their reservation as a toxic waste dump for nuclear materials, deciding that the economic benefit was worth the risk. The governor of Utah and many other whites objected, not wanting nuclear waste stored or traveling through Utah.