The communities are not simply being consulted.

They are governing the process.

This framework matters more and more as the pace of glacial retreat accelerates.

The archive the ice holds is not infinite.

The window for recovering it before it degrades is narrowing.

The institutions and communities that are responsible for monitoring and responding to glacial exposures are under increasing pressure to act more quickly and more broadly than resources currently allow.

Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi was found because hunters happened to be in the right place at the right time.