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.

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

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

it seems to me that the Yukon is in a humanitarian crisis.

I believe that the AYK salmon crash is a test for the Arctic Strategy for the Federal Government.

Because again, what we set this up to do was to facilitate exactly that, to get the local knowledge incorporated, to have the voices truly listened to.

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

When you rely on salmon for your food source, it is not just because it is what is on sale. It is because it is what you have.

We are the ones that have had to bear that burden of conservation.

short of legislation, what needs to happen, because legislation will take a long time, I know that, but I think even something as simple as crossing the lines, crossing parties and getting a compromise on this one issue, because the red…

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

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.

When we do manage our own world, we have places like YKHC, like ANMC, that didn't happen overnight.

I do not have that magic button that can put fish back in the river now.

To the rest of the Country, we are located on the edge of the map.

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

If we have funding that was stable for a dedicated period of time that we knew was available to us, and we could work across regions to really further co-management, that is what I would recommend.

it is Thursday afternoon here on the Senate floor. It is one of my favorite times. We have some new pages, so they are going to, I think, at a certain point, consider some of this their favorite time on the Senate floor. It is when I get…