By Kevin S. Fox (KNOM-Nome)
• 3 hours ago
Savoonga resident Viola “Vi” Waghiyi is one of the 26 members chosen by President Biden and Vice President Harris for the new White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council. The advisory council will provide advice and recommendations on how to address current and historic environmental injustices across the United States.
Vi Waghiyi in KNOM studios. (Photo by Zoe Grueskin/KNOM) “It is an honor, not only as a Sivuqaq Yupik grandmother and Native Village of Savoonga Tribal citizen, but as an Arctic Indigenous person who has been working on environmental health and justice issues going on 19 years,” Waghiyi said.