I would first like to state that for me, as a Mashpee Wampanoag woman, mother, grandmother and a leader of my community, and as a woman whose blood and bones have been in my territory for 12,000 years, I am sitting here today with one purpose in mind: to keep the land under my people's feet.
Baird emphasizes her commitment to protecting her tribe's land and heritage.
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