Word: capitan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...town's primary well is situated only 2,000 ft. from the nearest proposed mining site. A similar uranium-mining effort in the 1980s failed to preserve the water's purity, says Mitchell Capitan, the soft-spoken leader of a grass-roots organization opposed to the mine. "We can't afford to risk our children and our future," says Capitan. Martin agrees, "It's a disruption to Mother Earth, and it's not the Indian...
...flip her knife and park a pat of butter on your forehead. Nobody throws food at our table now, but in the giddiness of the festive moment, I have held a spoonful of cranberry for a moment and measured the distance to Uncle Earl, his gleaming head, like El Capitan, bent over the plate...