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Summary

On Thursday’s NewsHour, NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan moderated a panel discussion on how Native American tribes are coping with climate change. 
The panel included four native leaders representing their communities at the First Stewards symposium:Jeff Mears – Oneida tribe, Wisconsin, Environmental Area ManagerMicah McCarty – Makah tribe, Washington, ChairmanMike Williams – Akiak tribe, Alaska, Vice ChairmanKitty Simonds – Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council and native Hawaiian 
When we began our NewsHour coverage on communities across the United States coping with climate change, we didn’t plan to focus on Native American tribes. But we soon realized that indigenous communities are on the frontlines of America’s climate-related dangers.

Duration: 8 minutes (00:08:21)
Publishing date: 2012-07-19; Unabridged; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

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