Hope • March 30, 2026
Mining in Oklahoma Left Toxic Wasteland Until Indigenous Tribe Brought it Back to Life
Originally published on Good News Network
The Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma has brought one of the most contaminated areas in America back into agricultural production, and is now ranching cattle and growing wheat and corn. Taking over the remediation efforts in 2013 which began 20 years earlier, the Quapaw have done most of the work to clean up the old mining Good News Network .
The Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma has brought one of the most contaminated areas in America back into agricultural production, and is now ranching cattle and growing wheat and corn. Taking over the remediation efforts in 2013 which began 20 years earlier, the Quapaw have done most of the work to clean up the old mining Good News Network .
Originally published on Good News Network.