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Tribal leaders, federal agencies, meet on impacts of climate change
Tribal leaders, federal agencies, meet on impacts of climate change

Published: Sep. 19, 2023 at 7:22 PM AKDT|Updated: 2 hours ago

Tribal leaders, and members, from 10 Alaska Native communities are in a three-day conference with multiple federal agencies to help them prepare for, respond to and recover from the impacts of climate change.

The 78th United Nations General Assembly is being held in New York City this week. Among the laundry list of crises being discussed-- Russia's raging war in Ukraine, political instability in several African Nations, and a series of climate disasters.

The ACLU of Alaska announced lawsuits last month on behalf of two men, James Rider and Cook, who died by suicide in Alaska prisons. The organization also wants an independent investigation into the deaths.

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