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King Island Native Community
Coverage of King Island Native Community in the Nexus archive.
Village of Solomonorganization1Native Village of Councilorganization1Chinik Eskimo Communityorganization1Native Village of White Mountainorganization1U.S. Army Corps of Engineersorganization1IPOP LLCorganization1Earthjusticeorganization1Sharon Gleasonperson1Bonanza Channelplace1Safety Soundplace1suction dredgingtopic1
- 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.