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JoAnn Tall is an environmental activist of the Oglala Lakota tribe who has worked to ensure the people have a chance to approve major projects for energy development. She was awarded the
Goldman Environmental Prize The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. ...
in 1993 for her protests against
uranium mining Uranium mining is the process of extraction of uranium ore from the ground. Over 50 thousand tons of uranium were produced in 2019. Kazakhstan, Canada, and Australia were the top three uranium producers, respectively, and together account f ...
and plans for testing nuclear weapons in the
Black Hills The Black Hills ( lkt, Ȟe Sápa; chy, Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva; hid, awaxaawi shiibisha) is an isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming, United States. Black ...
area, near the
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( lkt, Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located entirely within the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Gr ...
where she lives. Tall was involved with the Black Hills Alliance in the 1970s, a group consisting of locals and environmentalists who investigated and tracked the records of uranium companies looking to mine in the region. The activists worked to ensure that any energy development projects proposed for the region would need to be approved by the voters rather than being automatically approved by the State. Tall is an original board member for
KILI KILI (90.1 FM), licensed to Porcupine, South Dakota, is a non-profit radio station broadcasting to the Lakota people on the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River, and Rosebud Indian Reservations, part of the Great Sioux Nation. The station started broadc ...
, the local radio station for Pine Ridge Reservation. In August 1992, the station was protested for several months by local Oglala Lakota tribe members who believed that their freedom of speech and traditions were being suppressed by the white manager of the station. In 1989 Tall co-founded the Native Resource Coalition in order to help educate the Lakota regarding health and environmental issues.


Personal life

Tall and her husband Mark Tilsen have eight children.


See also

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Janet McCloud Janet McCloud (also known as Yet-Si-Blue; March 30, 1934 – November 25, 2003) was a prominent Native American and indigenous rights activist. Her activism helped lead to the 1974 Boldt Decision, for which she was dubbed "the Rosa Parks of th ...
* Uranium in the environment *
Anti-nuclear movement in the United States The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups that oppose nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and/or uranium mining. These have included the Abalone Alliance, Clamshell Alliance, Committee for Nuclear ...
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The Navajo People and Uranium Mining ''The Navajo People and Uranium Mining'' (2006) is a non-fiction book edited by Doug Brugge, Timothy Benally, and Esther Yazzie-Lewis; it uses oral histories to tell the stories of Navajo Nation families and miners in the uranium mining industry ...
* Manuel Pino *
Uranium mining debate The uranium mining debate covers the political and environmental controversies of uranium mining for use in either nuclear power or nuclear weapons. Background and public debate As of 2009, in terms of uranium production, Kazakhstan was the la ...
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Thomas Banyacya Thomas Banyacya, Sr. (June 2, 1909 – February 6, 1999) was a Hopi Native American traditional leader. Biography Thomas Banyacya was born on June 2, 1909 and grew up in the village of Moenkopi, Arizona. He was a member of the Wolf, Fox, ...


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"JoAnn Tall interview"
''News From Indian Country'', at Cheyenne Creek {{DEFAULTSORT:Tall, Joann American environmentalists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Native American activists Native American environmentalists Oglala people Anti-uranium activists People from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota Goldman Environmental Prize awardees 21st-century American women 21st-century Native American women 21st-century Native Americans