Last month I and a team from Our Children's Trust visited teenage climate change plaintiff Summer in her village of Unalakleet, Alaska on the Norton Sound of the Bering Sea in northwest Alaska. Summer is a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by 16 youth against the state of Alaska. Learn more about Summer's ground breaking lawsuit here.
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| Summer comes from a line of strong women. Summer's mom is a commercial fisherman and Summer's aunt Rhoda, left, is teaching Summer to subsistence hunt in the forests, and on the tundra of northwest Alaska. |
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| Summer is an accomplished athlete. Below she practices the One Armed Reach in her high school gym before competing in the Native Youth Olympics last month in Anchorage. |
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| Gathering wild blueberries and salmon berries on the tundra is a tradition in Summer's family. |
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| Summer sits with co-plaintiff Esau at the attorney table during a hearing on her case in Anchorage last month. |
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| Summer is a plaintiff in an important climate change lawsuit, but she's also a fun loving teenager. |
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