I have actually been challenged on this, on even having this field hearing here in Bethel.
Congress needs to amend ANILCA to protect once and for all Alaska Native rural subsistence hunting and fishing rights an...
the need for the Federal Government to pay attention, to pay attention, to listen, to understand, and to act.
What it really comes down to is how you not only feed your families, but how you keep your culture and traditions alive.
The loss of our critical salmon is ripping and tearing apart the fabric of who we are as Yup'ik and Dene people.
Senator Murkowski, you will be called on to lead Alaskans in achieving this bold new consensus.
We are practicing cultural genocide from the Federal and the State government.
What good is the federal trust responsibility if the results in the loss of our fish, our communities, our culture, our ...
I want you to look into that. That is coming from near and dear, from my heart.
Traditional ecological knowledge must inform our actions and decisions.
Stop allowing the status quo so as to not affect industry harvest to the extent practicable in fisheries management.