It is time for a change.
Thank you very much, Senator Lisa Murkowski, for being with us today on this historic day, as you said.
We need some answers. We need to be heard. We cannot accept this as a government formality for turning a deaf ear on the...
We, the end users, the little people, the people that matter, have been silenced, we have been ignored.
This is not a check the box. This is not something that I had to do. This is something that I want to do, because I hear...
I think we recognize, as important as your Federal delegation is, Federal legislative changes are just tough.
Our tribes matter. Subsistence matters. Our villages matter. Salmon matter. We cannot be ignored any longer.
Thank you for that.
We have no choice but to be aware of every part and piece of the ecosystem, because everything is connected.
Our subsistence way of life must have unconditional federal support.
What it really comes down to is how you not only feed your families, but how you keep your culture and traditions alive.
You have shown that we do matter.
We must work together, because ultimately the loss of salmon threatens your ways of life.
I feel this is historic in many ways, to actually be able to bring the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to Bethel
One of the key takeaways from that was the need for Native people to have a seat at the table, equal voice in management...
Let our Tribes help the federal government, and one another, to address salmon declines, climate change, and the impacts...
I am absolutely not dismissing changes to ANILCA or any other legislation here.
Let's have a demonstration project on co-management. Let's fund it.
