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Environmental Factor - January 2023: On remote Alaskan island, community-based research empowers residents

Arctic people at risk

On the Wednesday edition of the ICT Newscast, a tribal nation has donated $9 million to support the California Indian Nations College. And, toxic pollutants endanger subsistence in Alaska

Who is the greenest tribe? - Indian Country Today

Apr 22, 2021 Tribal citizen installs solar system for family on the Picuris Pueblo, Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund. (Photo courtesy of Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund) It’s not an easy answer #EarthDayEveryDay Indigenous nations can combat climate change by noticing environmental changes, having leadership acting on it and, maybe, by just listening to grandma. “Conservation comes more (naturally) to a Navajo grandma cause she’s always conserved her whole life. They lived through world wars, they know how to not use a lot of things and really hold things back until they really need it,” Sandra Begay-Campbell said. “You had to do with the minimal amount you had.”

Native women appointed to White House s climate justice table

Native women appointed to White House’s climate justice table The three women join 23 other people on the council to give recommendations to environmental councils Author: Apr 15, 2021 Jade Begay, Diné and citizen of Tesuque Pueblo, serves on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. (Courtesy photo) The three women join 23 other people on the council to give recommendations to environmental councils For the next four years, three Native women will be volunteering their time to be part of the climate justice fight alongside the White House. Native women from Arizona, Alaska and South Dakota, who have all devoted their lives to protecting the environment, will serve on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council to provide recommendations to the Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Environmental Justice Interagency Council on how to fight the climate crisis.

Alaskan named to White House environmental justice council

Alaskan named to White House environmental justice council April 8th 11:54 am | Alex DeMarban, Anchorage Daily News     An Alaska grandmother who has devoted much of her life to fighting military and industrial pollution will serve on the White House s newly created advisory council to address environmental justice. Vi Waghiyi, raised in Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, will be one of 26 members on the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, the White House announced last week. This position is not only a voice for our Sivuqaq Yupik people or the communities in the Norton Sound region, Waghiyi, 62, said last week. It will be a voice for Alaska and Arctic and Indigenous people. We are generally never at the table when decisions are made for us miles and miles away.

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