Native communities confront painful choice: move away, or succumb to rising waters?

Throughout Indian Country, where cultures are tied to land and water, plans to relocate are under way as the climate crisis worsensAt any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk.The Quileute tribal school is located within a stone's throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of north-west Washington, and their ancestors hunted whales and traveled in ocean-going canoes from Alaska to California for trade. Continue reading...