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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio donates $80,000 to Southeast group

Published 5:25 am Monday, September 25, 2017

You might call it a titanic contribution.

The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, founded in 1998 by the eponymous screen actor, announced an $80,000 grant to the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) on Tuesday. The money will help the group in its efforts to protect Southeast waters from Canadian mining projects they believe are threatening their indigenous way of life.

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