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Coverage of the contentious U.S. presidential campaign and its aftermath has filled the pages of the Washington Post all year.

But it is a near 2,000-word feature article with a Pacific northwest angle in the nationally circulated Post that has drawn responses from readers around the country. Its title: “The 10,000-year-old tribe with a climate plan for the future.”

The Swinomish Tribe’s long-view strategy toward climate adaptation, melding academic science with cultural values, was profiled last week by writer Jim Morrison. It is accompanied by photos of Swinomish elder Larry Campbell, tribal...