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H.R. 2839 will go a long way toward finally healing those wounds after 43 years.

Our Restoration Act in 1977 was supposed to make us whole again, righting the terrible wrongs of termination.

H.R. 2839 is about fairness. Siletz Tribal members should be able to hunt, fish, trap, and gather like they have traditionally done for thousands of years.

The Siletz Tribe was stripped of their land and status in 1954 through the Western Oregon Termination Act.

It is essential that you take steps to protect and strengthen SNAP.

Hungry students cannot focus on learning.

The Siletz Tribe is deeply grateful to the support from our congressional delegation--particularly Representative Val Hoyle and Senator Jeff Merkley--to right this historic wrong.

H.R. 2839 is about fairness.

This restriction is called a consent decree. It is an unjust and racist policy that I believe needs to be changed immediately.

Siletz Tribal members should be able to hunt, fish, trap, and gather like they have traditionally done for thousands of years.

The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians should be able to hunt, fish, and gather on their ancestral lands, just like all the other tribes.

The Grand Ronde's problem that brings me here today is imbued with the troubling past of how tribes have been treated by our government, which makes me all the prouder to be able to say that the bill has the support of the entire Oregon…

The bill to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act is a bill that will restore the ability for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde in Oregon to raise land claims, rectifying a restriction that was included in a land agreement over what…

Thank you so much, Madam Chair, and thank you, Ranking Member Leger Fernandez, for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing and to speak in support of an important piece of legislation that you both described quite well: H.R…

H.R. 2839 would allow the Tribe to renegotiate their subsistence agreements with the state of Oregon to replace the current consent decree.

H.R. 1722 would clarify the Tribe's right to bring forth those land claims in Oregon outside of the Thompson Strip.

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I said, 'well, wouldn't the whale be safer if we just stopped all activity off the coast? Wouldn't the whale be safest if we just didn't allow any boating or any marine traffic whatsoever?'