Don Young: “I will tell you, Alaska sort of feels like the ugly debutante. No one paid any attention to the Arctic until recently.”

When the tribe asked Congressman Don Young to cosponsor the bill years ago, he looked me in the eye and said, so the landowners get resolved, the tribe still has to prove its case, are you sure that is what you want? I said, yes, sir, it…

Let's work a bill, like you say, bipartisanly and try to get to the situation where it needs improvement.

What good are two members of the council--although their being native, what will it help you if you don't have the authority to make decisions on the council?

With all due respects, in Alaska, the Park Service does not have a good reputation with Alaska Native tribes.