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In Micah McCarty’s art, the past and future are one, and the whales never left.

Record numbers found in Neah Bay, spotted in Discovery Bay

NationofChange “We have the least amount of resources. So we’re doing more with less every year." At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute tribal school is within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of northwest Washington, and their ancestors hunted whales and traveled in oceangoing canoes from Alaska to California for trade. But the ocean is increasingly beco...

 and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute Tribal School is located within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of northwest Washington, and their ancestors hunted whales and traveled in ocean-going canoes from Alaska to California for trade. But the...

Native communities confront painful choice: move away, or succumb to rising waters? Students at the Quileute Tribal School play basketball playground as the Pacific Ocean waves crash just yards away in the Quileute community of La Push, Washington. Photograph: Tony Overman/The Olympian/MCT via Getty Images Students at the Quileute Tribal School play basketball playground as the Pacific Ocean waves crash just yards away in the Quileute community of La Push, Washington. Photograph: Tony Overman/The Olympian/MCT via Getty Images Throughout Indian Country, where cultures are tied to land and wa...