Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"When a Native person knows their language, they know their culture, they know who they are; it is part of their identity."

"To think that through these grants we are achieving outcomes like we are seeing Ms. Hummingbird articulate here, it is not just, again, about keeping a language alive; it is a culture, it is an identi..."

"We know what it is means to lose languages at a rapid pace."

"I think it is helpful to give a little bit of background."