Alaska Natives: Infrastructure Act Funds a 'Drop in the Buck

It's winter in Shishmaref, Alaska, an Inupiat village on Sarichef, an eroding barrier island in the Chukchi Sea, just north of the Bering Strait. Shishmaref is one of about 30 villages in Alaska that lack running water as well as sewage and solid waste disposal systems. "If you want water, you drive by snow machine…

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