ナショナルジオグラフィックさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ナショナルジオグラフィックInstagram)「Photo by Katie Orlinsky @katieorlinsky | The Yupik village of Newtok, Alaska, is flanked by the Ninglik and Newtok Rivers. The village is rapidly sinking and shrinking due to warming weather, thawing permafrost, and erosion. Newtok is the first community in Alaska that has already begun relocation as a result of climate change—pioneering a process that many other Alaskan villages may soon undergo. However, this is not the first time this community has had to relocate. Before 1949, the villagers of Newtok and their ancestors lived a mostly nonsedentary way of life. In 1949 the Bureau for Indian Affairs (BIA) was required to build schools in all Alaska native communities after decades of forcing children to attend boarding schools. The BIA chose the site that is now Newtok without input from its future residents. The locations for Newtok and other new permanent villages across Alaska in the 1950s and '60s were chosen for their accessibility to barges for transporting building materials. As early as 1994, the people of Newtok began planning to relocate once again, due to erosion and flooding, and the situation has become urgent as a result of climate change and thawing permafrost. It has taken nearly 25 years for Newtok to receive the funding and support to come complete the process.」7月26日 15時39分