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The Village Is Moving, and Nobody Is In Charge of Moving It

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Thawing permafrost, vanished sea ice and storms with nothing to break them are taking Alaska Native villages house by house — and no US agency has the job of relocating a community.

12villagesAlaska Native villages pursuing relocation
5tribesTribes represented in the UN complaint
10rapporteursUN Special Rapporteurs petitioned
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