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Jared Huffman: it is not a place without people; it never has been--it has been continuously occupied by the Inupiat people

On the recordMarch 19, 2019
it is not a place without people; it never has been--it has been continuously occupied by the Inupiat people
Said by
Jared Huffman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Huffman emphasized the historical presence of the Inupiat people in the Coastal Plain.

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