wow! kipnuk is voting to relocate their village
alaska doesn’t have reservations, but the native village of kipnuk is a federally recognized tribe
could you imagine your tribe having to vote on relocating to a safer area because of climate change? dozens of alaskan tribes have/will have to soon
CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk
NEW: Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk, Alaska, adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of coastal villages facing climate change.
Which town will be wiped away next? Should their former homes be rebuilt?
w/ @adn.com
The story of Typhoon Halong’s destruction in Kipnuk adds an exclamation point to long-simmering fears about the future of Alaska coastal villages facing down climate change.
