14/12/2021 · As a child, he was raised primarily in Cove, Arizona, where his father worked in uranium mines operated by KerrMcGee, a major uranium mining company. Between the late 1940s and 1980s, KerrMcGee mined over 7 million tons of uranium ore either on or near the Navajo Nation. In 2006, the company ceased operations following its acquisition by Anadarko .