U.S. Government Will Pay to Move Native Tribes Whose Lands Are Threatened by Climate Change

A tribe in Washington and two in Alaska will receive $25 million each to relocate.

unding comes from investments set aside in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.

“As part of the federal government’s treaty and trust responsibility to protect Tribal sovereignty and revitalize tribal communities, we must safeguard Indian Country from the intensifying and unique impacts of climate change,” Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland said in the announcement. “Helping these communities move to safety on their homelands is one of the most important climate related investments we could make in Indian Country.

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