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Teresa Leger Fernandez: “Last year, I chaired a hearing in the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples on Indigenous cultural and environmental…”

On the recordMay 9, 2023
Last year, I chaired a hearing in the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples on Indigenous cultural and environmental preservation...
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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Recalling a past hearing on Indigenous practices and forest health.

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