#micronesian

[irawhiti]

while everyone's rightfully talking about oppenheimer and its flaws regarding the erasure of japanese and native american voices regarding nuclear testing and detonations, i'd like to bring up the fact that pacific islanders have also been severely impacted by nuclear testing under the pacific proving grounds, a name given by the US to a number of sites in the pacific that were designated for testing nuclear weapons after the second world war, at least 318 of which were dropped on our ancestral homes and people. i would like if more people talked about this.

important sections are bolded for ease of reading. i would appreciate this being reblogged since it's a bit alarming how few people know about this.

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in 1946, the indigenous peoples of pikinni (the bikini atoll) were forcibly relocated off of their islands so that nuclear tests could be run on the atoll. at least 23 nuclear bombs were detonated on this inhabited island chain, including 20 hydrogen bombs. many pasifika were irreversibly irradiated, all of them were starved during multiple forced relocations, and the island chain is still unsafe to live on despite multiple cleanup attempts. there are several craters visible from space that were left on the atoll from nuclear testing.

the forced relocation was to several different small and previously uninhabited islands over several decades, none of which were able to sustain traditional lifestyles which directly lead to further starvation and loss of culture and identity. there is a reason that pacific islanders choose specific islands to inhabit including access to fresh water, food, shelter, cloth and fibre, climate, etc. and obviously none of these reasons were taken into account during the displacements.

200 pikinni were eventually moved back to the atoll in the 1970s but dangerous levels of strontium-90 were found in drinking water in 1978 and the inhabitants were found to have abnormally high levels of caesium-137 in their bodies.

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i'm going to put the rest of this post under a readmore to improve the chances of this being reblogged by the general public. i would recommend you read the entirety of the post since it really isn't long and goes into detail about, say, entire islands being fully, utterly destroyed. like, wiped off of the map. without exaggeration, entire islands were disintegrated.

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as i just mentioned, ānewetak (the eniwetok atoll) was bombed so violently that an entire island, āllokļap, was permanently and completely destroyed. an entire island. it's just GONE. the world's first hydrogen bomb was tested on this island. the crater is visibly larger than any of the islands next to it, more than a mile in diameter and roughly fifteen storeys deep. the hydrogen bomb released roughly 700 times the energy released during the bombing of hiroshima. this would, of course, be later outdone by other hydrogen bombs dropped on the pacific, reaching over 1000 times the energy released.

one attempt to clean up the waste on ānewetak was the construction of a large ~380ft dome, colloquially known as the tomb, on runit island. the island has been essentially turned into a nuclear waste dump where several other islands of ānewetak have moved irradiated soil to and, due to climate change, rising seawater is beginning to seep into the dome, causing nuclear waste to leak out. along with this, if a large typhoon were to hit the dome, there would be a catastrophic failure followed by a leak of nuclear waste into the surrounding land, drinking water, and ocean. the tomb was built haphazardly and quickly to cut costs.

hey, though, there's a plus side! the water in the lagoon and the soil surrounding the tomb is far more radioactive than the currently contained radioactive waste. a typhoon wouldn't cause (much) worse irradiation than the locals and ocean already currently experience, anyway! it's already gone to shit! and who cares, right, the only ""concern"" is that it will just further poison the drinking water of the locals with radioactive materials. this can just be handwaved off as a nonissue, i guess. /s

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at least 36 bombs were detonated in the general vicinity of kiritimati (christmas island) and johnson atoll. while johnson atoll has seemingly never been inhabited by polynesians, kiritimati was used intermittently by polynesians (and later on, micronesians) for several hundred years. many islands in the pacific were inhabited seasonally and likewise many pacific islanders should be classified as nomadic but it has always been convenient for the goal of white supremacy and imperalism to claim that semi-inhabited areas are completely uninhabited, claimable pieces of terra nullius.

regardless of the current lack of inhabitants on these islands, the nuclear detonations have caused widespread ecological damage to otherwise delicate island ecosystems and have further spread nuclear fallout across the entirety of the pacific ocean.

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while the marshall islands, micronesia, and the surrounding areas of melanesia and polynesia were (and still are) by far the worst affected by these atrocities, the entirety of the pacific has been irradiated to some extent due to ocean/wind currents freely spreading nuclear fallout through the water and air. all in all, at least 318 nuclear bombs were detonated across the pacific. i say "at least" because these are just the events that have been declassified and frankly? i wouldn't be shocked to find out they didn't stop there.

please don't leave the atomic destruction of the pacific out of this conversation. we've been displaced, irradiated, murdered, poisoned, and otherwise mass exterminated by nuclear testing on purpose and we are still suffering because of it. many of us have radiation poisoning, many of us have no safe ancestral home anymore. i cannot fucking state this enough, ISLANDS WERE DISINTEGRATED INTO NONEXISTENCE.

look, this isn't blaming people for not talking about us or knowing the extent of these issues, but it's... insidiously ironic that i haven't seen a single post that even mentions pacific islanders in a conversation about indigenous voices/voices of colour being ignored when it comes to nuclear tests and the devastation they've caused.

#ask to tag. i understand this is heavy and i've tried to tag accordingly #oppenheimer #oppenheimer 2023 #pasifika #micronesian #melanesian #polynesian #pacific islands #indigenous #pacific ocean #pacific proving grounds #racism #imperialism #genocide #nuclear weapons #indigenous genocide #nuclear #nuclear bomb #us imperialism #displacement #nuclear imperialism

[eirikswood]

Descendants of the First Seafarers

Some of the ancestors of the native peoples of Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Pacific Islands (Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia) came from an ancient seaborne migration out of Taiwan and the Philippines (2200 BCE - 1250 CE). Cultural traditions still shared among these far-flung peoples today include tātau (tattoos), jade carving, stilt houses, and the cultivation of taro, pork, rice, coconuts, and yams.

#austronesian #pinoy #polynesian #melanesian #micronesian #aanhpi #maori #rapa nui #malagasy #oil on wood #tatau #pacific islander #size chart #gay art

[higherentity]

#tina stege #Climate Envoy #politician #Marshallese #Micronesian #tina #climate activist #activist

[sosefinamovie]

watch Sosefina at manuscriptfilms.com

#sosefina #polynesian #fypviral #fyppp #italy #nauru #southkorea #india #palau #indonesia #namibia #poland #cookislands #canada #japan #newcaldonia #vanuatu #northernlands #unitedkingdom #guam #micronesia #solomonislands #marshallisland

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[island-peach]

#vote #vote for me #cosplay #cosplay star #cosplay girl #cosplayer #cosplays #cosplayers #cosplay girls #dress up #anime #kpop #Asian #wasian #Micronesian #white Micronesian #Pacific Islander #half Chamorro #Chamorro #Guam #guahan #half white #lol #lmao #mk #follow me #now #Instagram #pics #cosplay woman

[choppedcowboydinosaur]

I dislike the term Asian Pacific Islander. It’s conflating two separate things into one. Asians are obviously asian. And Pacific Islanders consist of islanders from Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia. The only exception I can think of are Hawaiians, and that’s because they are usually mixed with Chinese, Filipino, Portugese or other polynesians. Only a few thousand are pure blood. Even then it doesn’t matter much since they put emphasis on practicing the culture not blood purity. The term Asian Pacific Islander is artificial and whenever I see it on marketing material it feels hollow.

#asian pacific islander #asian american #pacific islander #polynesian #micronesian #melanesian #it feels artificial #identity politics

[joshy-v98]

the grass is greener where you water it🪴 Instagram/ TikTok: Josh_v98✨

#saipan #CNMI #chamorro #Guam #pacific islander #islandlife #tropical #gay #lgbtq #Micronesian #polynesian #gay pride

[ramonssalas]

AAPI Heritage Month 🌴 I am Pacific Islander - Micronesian, Chuukese, CHamoru - and I am proud of my heritage. I come from a long lineage of farmers and fisherman. My grandparents and their grandparents, and their grandparents, survived off the land and sea. My people are the most humble, resilient, and resourceful people on the planet. I am Pacific Islander and I am proud of my heritage. I don’t need a necklace (or a day or month) to show my islander pride, but beautiful pieces like my Guini (spondylus necklace) made by @_menhalom_ tie us to our ancestors and this sacred land we call home. Saina Ma’åse to the local artists that keep our ancestral ways alive through their craftsmanship. #aapiheritagemonth #PacificIslander #Micronesian #Chuukese #CHamoru #chamorujewelry #micrONEsia #chuuk #tongeichuuk #guam #fsm #islasmarianas #marianaislands 🌴☀️🇫🇲🇬🇺🐟🌊🐚 (at Mangilao, Guam) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeNyFcdueL-ypo7395SXNvFcjQbALPzIqOQ5y40/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#aapiheritagemonth #pacificislander #micronesian #chuukese #chamoru #chamorujewelry #micronesia #chuuk #tongeichuuk #guam #fsm #islasmarianas #marianaislands

[yungjciminal]

#guam671 #chuukese #micronesian

[neutral-weird]

pohnpeian skort bc cuuultuuurrreee.

#micronesian #fashion #modernized culture #digital drawing #original work #691

[paddlingpalau]

Camping in Paradise With the total collapse of mass tourism, Palau’s formerly crowded beaches have been transformed into tranquil retreats. Ngermeaus Beach is now an eco-paradise, where Megapodes roam and sharks rule. Our 2022 safari season delivered action packed days and star filled nights. What will the future hold for this pristine tropical gem? Photos by Ron Leidich #palau #paddlingpalau #kororpalau #micronesia #micronesian #safari #camping #campingsafari #campinglife #campingtrip #kayakadventures #kayaklife #kayaks #kayaking #kayakingadventures #kayak #photooftheday #photogram #photodaily #photoeveryday #photography #photos (at Palau Micronesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeCnuCshAWv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#palau #paddlingpalau #kororpalau #micronesia #micronesian #safari #camping #campingsafari #campinglife #campingtrip #kayakadventures #kayaklife #kayaks #kayaking #kayakingadventures #kayak #photooftheday #photogram #photodaily #photoeveryday #photography #photos

[morethansalad]

Coconut Kaukau (Vegan Papau New Guinean Baked Sweet Potato)

#vegan #appetizer #lunch #papau new guinean cuisine #micronesian cuisine #coconut kaukau #sweet potatoes #orange #coconut #coconut cream #ginger #garlic #vegan butter #onion #black pepper #sea salt #🧡

[fatehbaz]

when you’re reading about the most despicable revolting outrageous inhumane shocking horrific maddening worst things human beings have ever done and you ask “who was responsible for this violence?” and the answer is very often “the scientists of the atomic energy commission” and "scientists working on behalf of colonial British/US governments" and “medical doctors in the United States”

#reading about chariman of stanford university chemistry department testing radiation on thousands of black families at pruitt igoe st louis #or ecologists of AEC joking about testing radioactive fallout on indigenous micronesians by saying #that indigenous people are more closely related to US americans than rats at least #and then micronesian babies were born without skeletons and with transparent skin and missing limbs #and these ecologists are just laughing it up and advancing their careers #vomited while reading an article today #rage and profound sadness

[sosefinamovie]

#sosefinamovie #explorepage #poly #pacificislander #pacific #southpacific #polynesiandance #islandlife #culture #dance #micronesian #explore #faarapu #melanesian #travel #hula #polynesianart #love #fijian #pasifika #samoantattoo #vahine #island #paradise #photography #disney #polynesiantribal #islandstyle #maui https://www.instagram.com/p/Co_93j6Ocro/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#sosefinamovie #explorepage #poly #pacificislander #pacific #southpacific #polynesiandance #islandlife #culture #dance #micronesian #explore #faarapu #melanesian #travel #hula #polynesianart #love #fijian #pasifika #samoantattoo #vahine #island #paradise #photography #disney #polynesiantribal #islandstyle #maui

[birdstudies]

October 31, 2022 - Micronesian Megapode (Megapodius laperouse) Found in the Northern Mariana Islands and Palau, these small megapodes live in forests, coconut groves, coastal scrub, and rocky areas. They eat spiders, insects, snails, seeds, small fruit, and other plant foods, foraging on the forest floor, usually in pairs. Depending on the subspecies, they nest in burrows or build mounds. Females dig the burrows in areas heated by the sun or geothermal sources, often near fallen or live trees. Both parents build the mound nests mostly from leaf litter and sand. They are classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN due mostly to habitat loss from sea level rise and forest clearance, human disturbance, and invasive species.

#micronesian megapode #megapode #megapodius laperouse #bird #birds #illustration #art #tropical #birblr art

[columbidaecontest]

!!!ROUND!!! 1!!!! POLL!!!! 159!!!!

[ID: two pigeons with grey bodies, green wings and big black ceres perch in trees. the first, the Micronesian imperial pigeon has a rust-red belly and a tiny bit of white on it's face. the second is the Polynesian imperial pigeon]

honestly these guys are both like. blorbos of some kind to me. choose wisely.

Micronesian imperial pigeon!!! Polynesian imperial pigeon!!! isn't there just soo much to love??

#Micronesian imperial pigeon #Polynesian imperial pigeon #pigeons #polls #columbidae #columbidae contest #tournament poll