Teresa Leger Fernandez actually said...

The need to restore the land for everything that it means, which you beautifully highlighted what it means.

Fernandez acknowledges the powerful testimony about the significance of land restoration.

12/04/2023

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the intent is to ensure that the land remains subject to tribal jurisdiction, not to state jurisdiction, no state taxation.

We don't want to let foreign companies end up sort of exploiting our resources in a way that causes long-term damage.

We also know that it needs to be efficient, it needs to be timely.

This fails tribes, the 1872 law does.