Ataji Balos

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Ataji Balos is a Marshallese politician who was a member of the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. During the Trust Territory era, his activism concerning Marshall Islands–United States relations included a sit-in that delayed testing of U.S. military technology as well as advocacy for the people affected by United States nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.

He attended the University of Guam{{cite news |last1=Wilford |first1=John Noble |title=U.S. Resettles 75 on Pacific Atoll Evacuated for Bomb Tests in 40's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/04/11/archives/us-resettles-75-on-pacific-atoll-evacuated-for-bomb-tests-in-40s-us.html |access-date=26 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=11 April 1977 |authorlink=John Noble Wilford}} and worked as a teacher early in his career.{{cite book |last1=Pincus |first1=Walter |title=Blown to Hell: America's deadly betrayal of the Marshall Islanders |date=2021 |location=[New York] |isbn=9781635768015 |pages=279–281 |edition=First Diversion books |authorlink=Walter Pincus}}