The Biden administration will give three tribal communities $75m to move from coastal areas.
Napakiak is a Yupik Alaska Native village of just under 400 people.
The money will fund the move of key buildings and residential homes to higher ground, away from rising waters. Those receiving the funding are Newtok Village and the Native Village of Napakiak in southwest Alaska, and the Quinault Indian Nation, located on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula.The Quinault nation said it will use the money to build a community centre, which will also serve as an emergency evacuation centre in case of natural disasters. The funds will help cover a quarter of the overall relocation project, they said.
Eight more tribes will also receive at least $5m each to plan for relocation. In total, the US Interior Department will spend $135m to relocate the communities, which also include some communities in the states of Maine, Louisiana and Arizona.
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