Indianz.Com
Native villagers vote to relocate
MONDAY, JULY 22, 2002 The 600 residents of Shishmaref, a Native village in Alaska, will relocate in response to an eroding Chukchi Sea. A vote was held and support for moving was large. Cost of the effort is unknown but estimates run as high as $102 million. Get the Story:
Shishmaref residents vote to move from eroding land (The Anchorage Daily News 7/21) Related Stories:
Native village seeks protection (10/30)
Native village could disappear (7/9)
Native villages threatened by erosion (5/22)