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Mark Trahant is based in Phoenix and is a writer on ICT's climate desk, a project funded by the National Science Foundation in partnership with PBS News.

Trahant has been a reporter for PBS’ Frontline series. His most recent Frontline piece, “The Silence,” was about sexual abuse by priests in an Alaska Native village. He was the editorial page editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and has worked for The Arizona Republic, Salt Lake Tribune, The Seattle Times, the Navajo Times Today, and the Sho-Ban News.

He is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

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The apology drew broad support from survivors, families, Congressional leaders, tribal officials, elders and younger generations of Native people. But many emphasized that the apology is just a first step in helping families and tribal communities heal from the generational…

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Facing climate change, the Quinault Nation envisions a new home that is ‘resilient as possible’

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