It Is Heavy on My Heart by Gail Tremblay Hemispheric Institute; Tremblay, Gail journal, revista installation, exhibit, instalación, exposición, instalação, exposição art, arte activism, activismo, ativismo Americas, Américas, Américas North America, Norteamérica United States, Estados Unidos ENG: \"Artist’s Statement I first became aware of the effects of nuclear pollution on reservations in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s when I began reading about rising cancer rates on the Navajo reservation. Because piles of radioactive dust and rock (tailings) from uranium mining had never been cleaned up by the corporations who did the mining, people living in areas on the reservation where the mining was done were suffering from the health problems associated with long term cumulative effects of radiation exposure. \" Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics, New York University 2005-05-01 DCMI: Event Hemi: Event text/html http://hemi.es.its.nyu.edu/journal/2_1/tremblay.html eng http://hemi.nyu.edu/rights.html public