This op-ed explains why many of America’s nuclear weapons are stored on Native land. Teen Vogue. Nuclear Weapons Are Stored on Native Reservations in an Example of Nuclear Colonialism.

The Storage Of Nuclear Weapons In New Mexico. Kirtland Underground Munitions and Maintenance Storage Complex, then, is home to about half of the current U.S. nuclear arsenal.

For now, though, most of it is stored in underground steel tanks, primarily at Hanford, Washington, and Savannah River, South Carolina, key sites in U.S. nuclear weapons development.

Many of America’s nuclear weapons are stored on Native reservations, though tribal members may be unaware of their presence or the risk they pose.