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Rosita Worl

52:47 - 53:04

"That we hold dear is clan ownership of our land. We say we don't care who owns Western title, to our lands. We still own these lands. We own our stories. We own our songs."

“That we hold dear is clan ownership of our land. We say we don't care who owns Western title, to our lands. We still own these lands. We own our stories. We own our songs.”
Speaker
Rosita Worl
Community
Alaska News
Location
Juneau
Captured at
August 28, 2026

From the transcript

That we hold dear is clan ownership of our land. We say we don't care who owns Western title, to our lands. We still own these lands. We own our stories. We own our songs.

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