In this featured podcast, Holding the Fire, there have many many presentations Indigenous resilience and how communities have been living with and responding to crises for hundreds, and in some cases, thousands of years. An extreme example of this Indigenous communities of the Marshall Islands have endured U.S. colonialism, nuclear testing, and now the climate crisis. More than 100 bombs were detonated over the islands over a dozen years, the equivalent of detonating 1.6 Hiroshima-sized bombs every single day for 12 years. The Bravo test on Bikini Atoll, alone, was the nuclear equivalent of more than 1,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs. Today, cancer is pervasive among the population, and many of the islands remain uninhabitable. Alson Kelen, a native of Bikini Atoll, is one of the world鈥檚 few masters in the ancient art of wave-piloting and shares his story of resilience and preparing for the climate crisis here.
