Last Updated on May 8, 2016
Climate change isn’t some abstract concept that we can either believe or dismiss on a whim. Nor is it some distant cloud on the horizon that we can comfortably ignore while governments and corporations devise new schemes to profit from this ever-growing industry-driven catastrophe.
For Indigenous Peoples like the Yup’ik, whose livelihood and culture is built atop the frozen tundra of the north, climate change exists in real-time and there is only one thing they can do about it. They can relocate, at the expense of their livelihood and culture.
We Are All Related Here is an upcoming feature documentary that takes the lens cap off for the Yup’ik people of Newtok, Alaska, one of at least a dozen Indigenous communities in the north who face imminent relocation due to the consequences of climate change.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
That is exactly why IC Magazine exists..
For more than 20 years, IC has reported on Indigenous struggles worldwide — consistently, independently, and without compromise.
We don’t follow news cycles; we trace patterns. We don’t sensationalize; we provide context.
And when the world looks away, we stay focused.
But this work is increasingly difficult to sustain.
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Thank you,
John Ahni Schertow
Founder and Editor in Chief
