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As the United States announces its official exit from the Paris Climate Agreement, we’ll take time to revisit some of the tribes fighting the effects of climate change. The Trump Administration officially notified the United Nations of the intention to pull the U.S. out of the accord next November. Meanwhile, scientists continue to sound the alarm over the current and looming problems associated with climate change, and project Native people all over the world will suffer the affects disproportionately. Tribes are among those already facing urgent crises linked to the warming planet. We’ll get updates from tribes and organizations about the work they are doing to handle the effects of climate change.
Guests:
August Creppel (United Houma Nation) – Chief of the United Houma Nation
Melanie Bahnke (Native Village of Savoonga) – president and CEO of Kawerak Inc.
Ann Marie Chischilly (Diné) – environmental lawyer and executive director of the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals at Northern Arizona University
Don Sampson (Umatilla Tribe) – climate change project coordinator for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
Break 1 music: We Are the People (song) Coca Creppel And Cannes Brulees (artist) Raising Cane (album)
Break 2 music: Little Earthlings (song) The Jir Project Band (artist) Sun Child (album)
