Alaska Native Allotments at Risk: Technological Strategies for Monitoring Erosion and Informing Solutions in Southwest Alaska
Alaska Native Allotments at Risk: Technological Strategies for Monitoring Erosion and Informing Solutions in Southwest Alaska
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阿拉斯加本土分配面临风险：阿拉斯加西南部监测侵蚀和提供解决方案的技术策略
作者：
Jonathan S. Lim;Sean Gleason;Hannah Strehlau;L. Church;C. Nicolai;Willard Church;Warren Jones
1867年美国从俄罗斯手中购买阿拉斯加后，阿拉斯加土著人的土地一直以土著人所有权的法律的状态存在，国会可随时取消其传统居住者的土地权利。然而，随着1971年《阿拉斯加原住民土地所有权解决法》的通过，阿拉斯加原住民个人有机会选择和获得祖先土地的所有权，作为联邦管理的《阿拉斯加原住民土地所有权解决法》第14（c）条的分配。然而，今天，这些分配受到气候变化驱动的侵蚀的威胁。作为回应，我们的文章提供了一个侵蚀监测工具，以量化沿海和河流侵蚀造成的损害。使用Yup'ik（pl.作为一个案例研究，我们采用高精度的测量设备和档案空间数据集，以证明在这个地区的文化土地的损失的巨大规模。根据Quinhagak传统土地利用区的9个ANCSA 14（c）案例研究，从1976年到2022年，平均损失了30.87 m的海岸线。作为回应，我们提出了一个免费的侵蚀监测工具，并敦促阿拉斯加的部落实体复制我们的方法，记录和量化其股东的ANCSA 14（c）财产的侵蚀。这样做将促进阿拉斯加原住民社区和立法者之间的紧急对话，以确定在面临新的环境挑战时需要采取哪些措施来保护阿拉斯加原住民的土地权利。
After the United States’ purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, Alaska Native lands have existed in a legal state of aboriginal title, whereby the land rights of its traditional occupants could be extinguished by Congress at any time. With the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) in 1971, however, Alaska Native individuals were given the opportunity to select and secure a title to ancestral lands as federally administered ANCSA 14(c) allotments. Today, though, these allotments are threatened by climate-change-driven erosion. In response, our article provides an erosion monitoring tool to quantify the damage caused by coastal and riverine erosion. Using the Yup’ik (pl. Yupiit) community of Quinhagak as a case study, we employ high-precision measurement devices and archival spatial datasets to demonstrate the immense scale of the loss of cultural lands in this region. From 1976 to 2022, an average of 30.87 m of coastline were lost according to 9 ANCSA 14(c) case studies within Quinhagak’s Traditional Land Use Area. In response, we present a free erosion monitoring tool and urge tribal entities in Alaska to replicate our methods for recording and quantifying erosion on their shareholders’ ANCSA 14(c) properties. Doing so will foster urgent dialogue between Alaskan Native communities and lawmakers to determine what measures are needed to protect Alaska Native land rights in the face of new environmental challenges.
DOI：
10.3390/rs14030728
发表时间：
2022-02
期刊：
Remote. Sens.
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作者：
Jonathan S. Lim;Sean Gleason;Meta Williams;G. L. Matás;Daniel Marsden;Warren Jones
通讯作者：
Jonathan S. Lim;Sean Gleason;Meta Williams;G. L. Matás;Daniel Marsden;Warren Jones
DOI：
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发表时间：
2020
期刊：
Études/Inuit/Studies
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作者：
Britton K
通讯作者：
Britton K