November 19, 2021

Indigenous solutions to climate change could inform nationwide policies

Author: Melissa Hellmann

Following heavy rainfall earlier this week, Northwest Washington residents rescued neighbors in fishing boats on washed-out roads. Rising flood waters closed most routes to and from the peninsula where the Lummi Nation Reservation is located. Aerial footage of the area showed houses surrounded by several feet of water, like islands in a sea of flood water.
The impacts of climate change pose a unique threat to Native American cultures and economies, which have long been tied to place. Indigenous ...