Senator Murkowski, we applaud the work you have done to support AYK salmon populations through Congressionally directed spending in support of research, monitoring, and comanagement.

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

I want you to look into that. That is coming from near and dear, from my heart.

Do it now, because you don't want Alaska to be the next devastating American dust bowl.

Thank you for your comments.

I would like to thank U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for holding this Field Hearing

We are practicing cultural genocide from the Federal and the State government.

Traditional ecological knowledge must inform our actions and decisions.

Our tribes matter. Subsistence matters. Our villages matter. Salmon matter. We cannot be ignored any longer.

Our situation is dire, and it indicates we need a fundamental shift in our fishery management systems.

We appreciate your support for congressionally directed spending for AYK salmon populations and are grateful for your work on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The loss of our critical salmon is ripping and tearing apart the fabric of who we are as Yup'ik and Dene people.

We are tired. No more.

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

Do it now, because you don't want Alaska to be the next devastating American dust bowl.

Congress needs to amend ANILCA to protect once and for all Alaska Native rural subsistence hunting and fishing rights and ensure our people's ability to co-manage these resources.

It is my hope that these comments... will illuminate the crisis that has unfolded in our communities...

Discontinue using four-inch nets. They are killing my salmon out there.