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The Tundra Provides
FROM ABOVE I saw them: Two little girls, about 7 years old, lying on the tundra, talking. One on her belly, the other on her back. The sun was out. There was a breeze strong enough to keep the mosquitoes away. It was a perfect early fall day in Unala
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After Despair Comes Repair
A NUMBER OF TERMS have been coined in recent years in an effort to make sense of the climate crisis. Language, after all, is a living thing that constantly mutates to keep up with reality, and as our environment changes in unprecedented ways, we stru
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The Consultation Trap
WHEN YAKAMA NATION leaders learned in 2017 of a plan to tunnel through some of their ancestral land for a green energy development, they were caught off guard. While the tribal nation had come out in favor of climate-friendly projects, this one appea

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