Bikini Activist Nathan Note Dies in Marshall Islands' Capital

A Bikini islander, who led a campaign that produced multi-million dollar nuclear test compensation trust funds from the United States government after years of neglect, died in the Marshall Islands Saturday night. Nathan Note, age estimated at 85, died of natural causes at his home in Majuro, Marshall Islands. "Nathan didn’t believe a word the U.S. was saying about Bikini being ‘safe’ and he went out of his way to convince other Bikinians not to return," said Jack Niedenthal. It turned out that Nathan was right about Bikini being unsafe.

Nathan was a member of the first Bikinian delegation to go to Washington, D.C. in the early 1970s. "He helped the people of Bikini gain access to the U.S. Department of Agriculture food program and was an outspoken leader during most of the scientific/resettlement discussions between the Bikini Council and various U.S. and Department of Energy representatives during the 1980s and 1990s," Niedenthal said.

Note is an uncle of Marshall Islands president Kessai Note and a cousin of Tomaki Juda, who represents the Bikinians in the Marshall Islands parliament. Funeral services are to be held later this week in Majuro, according to Giff Johnson, in a Marianas Variety report.


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