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Native America Calling: The cost of climate change
Thursday, December 15, 2022
The cost of climate change
The Native village of Newtok in Alaska is losing its battle with climate change.
The thawing permafrost is giving up as much as 70 feet of land every year that the Newtok residents called home. The effort to move residents is ongoing, but slow.
The village is one of nearly a dozen Native communities that will receive federal climate change relocation money. The total allocation is $135 million.
Guests on Native America Calling
Bernice John (Yup’ik), president of the Newtok Native Corporation
Sam Fortier, general counsel for the Newtok Native Corporation
Jackie Schaeffer (Inupiaq), director of climate initiatives for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Phillip Carl (Yup’ik), Newtok tribal administrator
Joseph John (Yup’ik), Newtok council member


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