Russell Jim is a Yakama tribal citizen and head of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation’s Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program. This interview with Jim discusses how the Yakama Nation was impacted by the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site, especially the environmental and public health impacts of released radioisotopes. Jim calls for more monitoring and research of the impact of radiation and nuclear waste on the environment and the Yakama Nation. He advocates for collaboration between the US government and the Yakama Nation to conduct this study. 

A video and transcript from the interview are available at: https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/russell-jims-inte…

Russell Jim, "Russell Jim's Interview" interview by Cynthia Kelly, Tom Zannes, and Thomas E. Marceau, Voices of the Manhattan Project, Atomic Heritage Foundation (2003) https://www.manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories/russell-jims-inte…