High Unemployment At Indian Reservation Essay

Nuke Waste Site The author of this report has been ask to consider the test case of an Indian reservation in Northern Colorado that is considering taking on a nuclear disposal site from a corporation in the name of giving jobs to some of their men and women. This is certainly not irrelevant given that nearly two thirds of the people on the reservation are unemployed. Many of the tribal members are on board with the plan due to the jobs it would bring while many others are against it due to the potential short- and long-term effects the presence of the site would have. The author of this report has been asked to consider and discuss the social, safety, economical and environmental aspects of the possibility at hand and whether accepting the plan of the corporation is prudent. While the acceptance of this waste plant would be a good thing from an economic standpoint in the short-term, the long-term consequences of having the plant present could be mixed to very bad depending on certain outcomes.

Analysis

One consideration is that there will be jobs for people on the reservation, at least in theory. However, an obvious question becomes...

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To state the obvious, the reservation having a two thirds unemployment rate is staggering and that does indeed need to be addressed an in earnest way. However, there have to be some major reasons the rate is that high and they would almost certainly have nothing to do with the plant that is being suggested. Whether it be depression, suicide, alcohol and other drug addictions and so forth, there are number of reasons why that rate would be so high. Another good reason it could be that high is that the schooling (including college work) of the people on the reservation is not being planned for and executed properly. Allowing the plant to be built is not going to fix that. Also, there is no guarantee (per the above) that the plant will be limited to Indian workers. If there is a dearth of qualified applicants, it almost certainly will not be (Tann & Yanow, 2007).
When it comes to environmental and safety issues, there are a few things that have to be considered. First, disposal sites like this have…

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References

EPA. (2016). Hazardous Waste Trasportation -- Wastes -- U.S. EPA. Www3.epa.gov. Retrieved 6 February 2016, from http://www3.epa.gov/epawaste/hazard/transportation/

Tann, S., & Yanow, J. (2007). TRIADD: THE RISK FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE, DEPRESSION, AND DIABETES MULTIMORBIDITY IN THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE POPULATION. American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research (Online), 14(1), 1. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3040496/


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