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Line 59: ==Village issue== Kivalina is a traditional [[~~Inpuiat people\|Inupiat~~Iñupiat]] Eskimo community of about 390 people and is located about 625 miles northwest of [[Anchorage]]. It is built on an 8-mile [[Coral reef\|barrier reef]] between the [[Kivalina River]] and the [[Chukchi Sea]].<ref name=hufpost>{{cite news\|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/29/kivalina-appeals-eroding-_n_441420.html\|newspaper=Huffington Post\| date=2010-01-28\| title=Kivalina, Alaska: Eroding Village Appeals Lawsuit's Dismissal, Blames Corporations For Climate Change}}</ref> Sea ice historically protected the village, whose economy is based in part on salmon fishing plus subsistence hunting of whale, seal, walrus, and caribou. But the ice is forming later and melting sooner because of higher temperatures, and that has left it unprotected from fall and winter storm waves and surges that pummel coastal communities.<ref name=hufpost/>

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