Russell Jim

Yakama Nation MemberHanford, WA

Chicago, IL

DisplacedNative American

Listen to Russell Jim’s Oral History on Voices of the Manhattan Project

Russell Jim is a member of the Yakama Nation near the Hanford site. As the head of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation’s Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program, he actively advocates for the cleanup of the site and the protection of the treaty rights of the Yakama Nation.

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