The Federal Government must act.

I have actually been challenged on this, on even having this field hearing here in Bethel.

Thank you, Mr. Winkelman.

We just had a hearing in the Indian Affairs Committee on the fentanyl crisis among Alaska Native peoples.

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

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

What it really comes down to is how you not only feed your families, but how you keep your culture and traditions alive.

Traditional ecological knowledge must inform our actions and decisions.

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

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

What it really comes down to is how you not only feed your families, but how you keep your culture and traditions alive.

Thank you for your comments.

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

We urge you to push federal agencies to work with us to develop co-stewardship agreements for federally-managed lands and fisheries.

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

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

We are tired. No more.

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