For the sake of our future generations, I’m speaking in opposition to the Ambler Road, to save our culture.
My name is Cyrus Harris. I’m Iñupiaq from Sisualik , 12 miles across Kotzebue Sound from Kotzebue , and a co-chair of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Working Group.
That’s how it was done back then. But since my younger years, Sisualik folks noticed that the caribou migrate much later. As we eventually found out, the Port Site road, which was developed for the Red Dog Mine, turns the caribou back on their migration path. When they finally cross and come south, we’re able to hunt, but the bulls are already bad from the rut. Growing up, we used to be able to get bulls when they were in their prime, when there’s plenty of body fat and good skin.
Caribou will start detecting the noise of that road from miles away. They’ll get closer, cautiously head in that direction. But they’ll be hesitant to cross. This has already been proven to happen at Red Dog Mine’s port site. There are scientific studies to back up what I’m saying. Indigenous folks said this would happen.There are many more consequences that would come with the Ambler Road. These would affect not just caribou, but also waterfowl and fish species of all sorts.
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