I would like to thank Senator Murkowski, members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and your staff for organizing this field hearing to hear directly from our Tribes.

One of the key takeaways from that was the need for Native people to have a seat at the table, equal voice in management of subsistence resource.

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

It is time for a new path.

Thank you, Mr. Winkelman.

I really hope that we could move forward with a just path and that the tribes are listened to and heard, and their opposition to this project as a majority of the tribes are opposed.

The Federal Government must act.

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

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

If you are serious about talking about co-management, you have to look at getting more funding for it.

Let's have a demonstration project on co-management. Let's fund it.

I hope Senator, that we have an opportunity to do something about this, either by legislation or amending that treaty to have them all included.

I want to thank each of you for your written comments and what you have shared here for the committee and community.

We are tired. No more.

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.

Thank you for sharing in ways that are both informative and personal.

Failure to do so will be a death blow to my river, to my people, and our survival, before we go extinct.

I am absolutely not dismissing changes to ANILCA or any other legislation here.