Nevada Test and Training Range, or NTTR, met with six tribal representatives for an excursion to a Native American cultural site within the NTTR March 21.
Nellis Air Force Base initiated its Native American Program 25 years ago to increase the understanding between base leadership and culturally-affiliated tribes. Within Nevada and the surrounding states of California, Utah and Arizona, many tribes maintain strong cultural ties to the NTTR, a 2.9 million-acre area used for Defense Department training and research.
The excursion began with a 1.5 mile hike to Pintwater Cave. At the historical Native American site, Richard Arnold, Native American coordinator to the Nellis Native American Program, shared insight about the ancestral ties Native Americans have to their traditional homelands. Arnold went on to discuss the importance of preserving Native American cultural and historical sites for the future.
Nevada Test and Training Range, or NTTR, met with six tribal representatives for an excursion to a Native American cultural site within the NTTR March 21.
Nellis Air Force Base initiated its Native American Program 25 years ago to increase the understanding between base leadership and culturally-affiliated tribes. Within Nevada and the surrounding states of California, Utah and Arizona, many tribes maintain strong cultural ties to the NTTR, a 2.9 million-acre area used for Defense Department training and research.
The excursion began with a 1.5 mile hike to Pintwater Cave. At the historical Native American site, Richard Arnold, Native American coordinator to the Nellis Native American Program, shared insight about the ancestral ties Native Americans have to their traditional homelands. Arnold went on to discuss the importance of preserving Native American cultural and historical sites for the future.
Nevada Test and Training Range, or NTTR, met with six tribal representatives for an excursion to a Native American cultural site within the NTTR March 21.
Nellis Air Force Base initiated its Native American Program 25 years ago to increase the understanding between base leadership and culturally-affiliated tribes. Within Nevada and the surrounding states of California, Utah and Arizona, many tribes maintain strong cultural ties to the NTTR, a 2.9 million-acre area used for Defense Department training and research.
The excursion began with a 1.5 mile hike to Pintwater Cave. At the historical Native American site, Richard Arnold, Native American coordinator to the Nellis Native American Program, shared insight about the ancestral ties Native Americans have to their traditional homelands. Arnold went on to discuss the importance of preserving Native American cultural and historical sites for the future.
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The Nevada National Security Site might not ring a bell right away, most people will know it better by its previous name: the Nevada Test Site.
There was a time when that empty desert was shut down primarily for nuclear tests. More than 1,000 nuclear devices were tested there. The mushroom clouds that could be easily seen from the Las Vegas Strip quickly became featured tourist attractions. If you weren’t lucky enough to catch one from a window, the effects of the explosions could be felt as well. Tests often shook the ground under Las Vegans and guests.
Alan Gegax is too young to remember all this. Nevertheless, the Test Site caught his attention long ago. But the regular bus tour open for the public wasn’t enough. He wanted more. He wanted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the portions of the Site that have been restricted.