Shishmaref / Shishmaref School
 

About Our Community

Some facts you need to know about us are:

Almost everybody in town is Inupiaq Eskimo.

We are almost all related to each other somehow.

Something that has recently happened or changed in our community is:

Our island is eroding. We have lost lots of shoreline. Some houses have already fallen into the ocean.

A recent challenge in our community:

We are trying to figure out where we can move. We need to relocate before it becomes too dangerous.

A solution to the recent challenge in our community:

We don't have one yet. We are still working on finding a relocation site.