Oglala Lakota woman leader JoAnn Tall, recipient of a 1993 Goldman Environmental Prize, has spent her life working to stop uranium mining and successfully halt a proposed Honeywell nuclear weapons testing facility in North Dakota’s Black Hills. Using her own Indigenous-owned and run radio station, JoAnn brought community awareness to the dangers, and acted as a catalyst for a peaceful resistance camp built on the site of the proposed nuclear facilities, which ultimately resulted in the company abandoning their plans. After founding the Native Resource Coalition, JoAnn also worked throughout her life to prevent the construction of hazardous landfills on Indigenous lands of the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations in South Dakota. Photo credit: Goldman Environmental Prize
