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Caleb Lee
24:59 - 25:40
"I also want to recognize Senator Murkowski's work on the Alaska Native, uh, Landless Equity Act. When Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, 5 Southeast Alaska Native communities— Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tanaki, and Wrangell— were excluded from recognition. Other similarly situated communities received corporate status and land while these 5 were left out."
“I also want to recognize Senator Murkowski's work on the Alaska Native, uh, Landless Equity Act. When Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, 5 Southeast Alaska Native communities— Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tanaki, and Wrangell— were excluded from recognition. Other similarly situated communities received corporate status and land while these 5 were left out.”
- Speaker
- Caleb Lee
- Timestamp
- 24:59 – 25:40
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 16, 2026
From the transcript
PILT cannot fully correct that inequality, but Congress should ensure that the program better reflects the real costs imposed on rural communities. So I applaud Senators Daines and Cortez Masto for advancing this bill. I also want to recognize Senator Murkowski's work on the Alaska Native, uh, Landless Equity Act. When Congress enacted the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971, 5 Southeast Alaska Native communities— Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tanaki, and Wrangell— were excluded from recognition. Other similarly situated communities received corporate status and land while these 5 were left out.
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