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In Louisiana, the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw got $45 million in federal money to move their entire community. The rising level of the ocean has swallowed up most of their land. In Alaska, 31 Alaska Native villages also face threats from rising water and land erosion. What does it take to move an entire village? What kind of support do these tribes and their communities need to deal with this kind of forced removal? When a tribe moves, do they lose more than their land?
Guests:
Chantel Comardelle (Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha Choctaw) – member and former resident
Ann Marie Chischilly (Diné) – Executive director of the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals at Northern Arizona University
Julie Maldonado – director of research for the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network
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I always enjoy listening to your show, but the program on April 7th really caught my interest because it was about climate change. I am a member of Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL), a non-partisan, not-for-profit, grassroots, all-volunteer organization with chapters all across the USA and in other countries too. It was formed in 2007 and has doubled its membership annually. The Santa Fe chapter formed in 2012, which is when I joined. CCL’s mission is to create the political will in Washington D.C. to pass legislation to help stop climate change. We do this through lobbying and writing letters (to newspapers, to congresspeople,& now to YOU!). Our main proposal is Revenue Neutral Carbon Fee & Dividend which puts a price on carbon-based energy sources. It is called “revenue neutral” because the fees collected would be returned to the American population. To read more about it, go to http://www.citizensclimatelobby.org