Bikini Islanders

The Bikini Islanders are the native people from Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. In the 1940s and 1950s, the U.S. conducted nuclear tests there, which displaced the residents and contaminated the environment. The tests caused long-term health effects and forced many to relocate, often losing their homes and way of life. Today, the Bikini Islanders often live elsewhere but maintain cultural connections to their homeland. Their story highlights the impacts of nuclear testing on indigenous communities and underscores issues related to environmental justice and displacement.