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Not only that, the residents were originally forced there from their old village in 1949 by the BIA saying they needed a school. School wasn’t built until 1958. It’s gross what has been done to these poor people.
June 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Not only that, the residents were originally forced there from their old village in 1949 by the BIA saying they needed a school. School wasn’t built until 1958. It’s gross what has been done to these poor people.
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Purposeful lack of help to force integration, erode communities. Cultural genocide continues.
June 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Purposeful lack of help to force integration, erode communities. Cultural genocide continues.
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10/ Instead of serving as a model, the Mertarvik relocation highlights a lack of preparation on the part of the U.S. government to respond to climate change.
And its residents are paying the price.
And its residents are paying the price.
Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.
The project’s challenges highlight how ill-prepared the U.S. is to respond to the way climate change is making some places uninhabitable.
www.propublica.org
June 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
10/ Instead of serving as a model, the Mertarvik relocation highlights a lack of preparation on the part of the U.S. government to respond to climate change.
And its residents are paying the price.
And its residents are paying the price.