"What good is the federal trust responsibility if the results in the loss of our fish, our communities, our culture, our lives?"
"We bear the brunt of the conservation. We, the end users, the little people, the people that matter, have been silenced, we have been ignored, we have been marginalized by the very government that is ..."
"Congress needs to amend ANILCA to protect, once and for all, Alaska Native and Rural subsistence hunting and fishing rights."
"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."
"I would like to thank U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski and the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs for holding this Field Hearing"
"The more honest we can be with one another is so important."
"There are no permanent protections for that co-stewardship."
"We need immediate action to find solutions to this crisis. That won't happen unless the Federal Government is willing to listen to and partner with Tribes."
"We need equal decision-making representation in Federal fisheries management, in this case the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council."
"I think we recognize, as important as your Federal delegation is, and we all work hard on these issues, Federal legislative changes are just tough."
"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."