Climate Change First Responders: Native Americans  A Makah tribe
elder teaching children on a beach.   - In the Northwest,
coastal tribes are noticing melting glaciers and rising sea
levels.  - Native tribes are working with climate scientists to
utilize their holistic knowledge.  - Some tribes have been
collecting generations of information.  Native American tribes
are teaming up with climate scientists to monitor environmental
changes along the coast, changes that are disrupting indigenous
ways of life that tribes say are key to their survival.  Tribal
leaders say their understanding of natural ecosystems such as
long-term weather patterns or wildlife migrations can be just as
important as CO2 measurements or satellite data.  NEWS: First
Americans Were Not Alone  "The long term perspective of our
people has scientific value," said Micah McCarty, chairman of
the Makah Tribe in Neah Bay, Washington. "We can establish a
more holistic baseline of the big picture of things. Some
scientists may be more narrowly f