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Greenlandic Inuit hunter Nukappi Brandt steers his small boat as he and his elder daughter Aaneeraq, 9, scan the water for seals, outside Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Island, Greenland, in July 2011. Brandt, whose other daughter Luusi, 8, is pictured at left, has been a hunter since age 14. Roughly 20 years ago, Brandt says, when winter sea ice became too thin to support dog sleds, seal hunting ceased to become a sustainable way of life here. (Brennan Linsley/AP/Shutterstock)
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What's going on with the Greenland ice sheet?

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A family in northern Siberia watches – but decides not to hunt – a musk ox that wandered into the area where they live. (Photo by John Ziker, The Conversation)
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Learn about conservation – and trust – from Indigenous societies

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A series of turquoise signs along southbound U.S. 89 near Tuba City proclaims the Navajo Nation’s resiliency. “Resiliency is who we are. But we also need to reclaim it,” says Keith Howard, a wildlife technician with the tribal Climate Change Program. (File photo by Sierra Alvarez/Cronkite News)
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Why Indigenous communities need a seat at the table on climate

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A sign at the Native American community of San Idefonso Pueblo, N.M., urges visitors to stay away as small Indian pueblos throughout the state seek to shield themselves from COVID-19 infection, Thursday, April 23, 2020. San Ildefonso was invited to participate in universal testing by state health officials. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Tribes mount organized responses to COVID

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