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Senator Murkowski, you will be called on to lead Alaskans in achieving this bold new consensus.

Our subsistence way of life must have unconditional Federal support, and the State of Alaska must show willingness to seek a different path forward other than litigation.

Congress should support and invest in Alaska Native peoples to increase our capacity to protect our interests in the lands and waters.

Thank you, Mr. Winkelman.

Let our Tribes help the federal government, and one another, to address salmon declines, climate change, and the impacts on our communities.

We appreciate your support for greater Tribal representation on the NPFMC.

If we don't fish, we don't eat. It is pretty basic.

We must work together, because ultimately the loss of salmon threatens your ways of life.

Traditional ecological knowledge must inform our actions and decisions.

The need for the Federal Government to pay attention, to pay attention, to listen, to understand, and to act.

I feel this is historic in many ways, to actually be able to bring the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to Bethel

We can never thank enough those who have stood to defend us and our Country's freedoms.

Congress needs to amend ANILCA to protect, once and for all, Alaska Native and Rural subsistence hunting and fishing rights.

The Federal Government must act.

What good is the federal trust responsibility if the results in the loss of our fish, our communities, our culture, our lives?

Salmon are not just swimming dollar signs, Salmon are our life. They are in our DNA.

Allow them to have an opening to enable their communities to continue to teach this way of life.

We want you to understand the importance of Tribal voices, Local & Traditional Knowledge and cooperative management in fishery management processes.