| Late 1880’s:
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The Prophecy by Dene Medicine man:
“A strange vision – I saw people going into a big hole
in the ground – strange people, not Dene, white people. I
thought they would harm my people…the people they dropped
this thing on, looked like us. Dene.” |
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| 1898-1925: |
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Radium is used to make dial glow in the dark and to shrink malignant
tumors. It becomes the most valuable substance on earth selling
for $120,000 a gram. |
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| 1905: |
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Einstein’s theory of relativity e=mc2. |
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| 1925-1930: |
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Radium watch dials painters, all women, were encouraged by their
employers to lick their paint brushes to give them a sharp point
for better application of the luminous paint. The ingestion of radium
resulted in severe anemia, radium jaw and bone cancer. |
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| 1930: |
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Gilbert and Charles LaBine discover high-grade
pitchblende stake at the Eldorado claim near Cameron Bay on Great
Bear Lake, NWT. |
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| 1931-1932: |
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Canadian government publication warns of serious health hazards from exposure
to high-grade radioactive ore. |
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| 1932: |
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Eldorado begins production. Dene men are hired
to carry the ore out of the mine and ferry it to Fort McMurray. |
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| 1938: |
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Enrico Fermi receives the Nobel prize for discovering the fissionable
properties of uranium. |
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| 1941: |
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Japanese Canadians required to carry identification
card with thumbprint and photo. |
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| 1941: |
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US orders 8 tons of uranium for military research from Eldorado. |
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| Dec. 7, 1941: |
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor |
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| 1942: |
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US Government orders 60 tons of Port Radium ore, and Canadian
government buys out Eldorado. |
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| July 16, 1945: |
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The first atomic bomb exploded at the Trinity site, New Mexico. |
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| August 6, 1945: |
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“Little boy,” first atomic bomb used in warfare is
dropped over Hiroshima, Japan. |
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| August 9, 1945: |
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“Fat Man” is dropped over Nagasaki, Japan. |
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| 1948: |
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Iva Toguri arrested in Tokyo, flown to San Francisco and tried
for 8 counts of treason as Tokyo Rose. |
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| 1950: |
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Nevada Test Site established as the on-continent nuclear weapons
testing area for US. Since this time over 900 atomic explosions
have been detonated at this location which is 65 miles northwest
of Las Vegas. |
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| 1960: |
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First Dene miner dies of cancer. |
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| August 6, 1998: |
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Six Deline residents travel to Hiroshima to pay respects on the
anniversary of the detonation of the atomic bomb. |
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| 1999: |
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Federal government signs commitment to clean up/contain Port Radium
mine site. |
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| April 26, 2002: |
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Burning Vision Opening Night. |
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