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Alaska tribes fight controversial gold mine project
Alaska Native tribes are challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' approval of a gold mining project in a pristine northwestern Alaska estuary. The project, involving industrial suction dredging, has been approved despite concerns about environmental degradation and threats to tribal subsistence practices.
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Village of SolomonorganizationNative Village of CouncilorganizationKing Island Native CommunityorganizationChinik Eskimo CommunityorganizationNative Village of White MountainorganizationU.S. Army Corps of EngineersorganizationIPOP LLCorganizationEarthjusticeorganizationSharon GleasonpersonBonanza ChannelplaceSafety Soundplacesuction dredgingtopic
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