Name: Cyrus Harris: One thing that that I know that once you have a road connecting a community to the outside world, you become urban. So what happens when we become urban? We end up back to zero and lose our rights to subsist. Once the road is developed, it's going to affect our lifestyle. It's going to basically kill our culture.
Uploaded: 2026-09-22T08:00:00+00:00
Duration: 26 s
Description: One thing that that I know that once you have a road connecting a community to the outside world, you become urban. So what happens when we become urban? We end up back to zero and lose our rights to subsist. Once the road is developed, it's going to affect our lifestyle. It's going to basically kill our culture.

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Cyrus Harris

16:16 - 16:42

“One thing that that I know that once you have a road connecting a community to the outside world, you become urban. So what happens when we become urban? We end up back to zero and lose our rights to subsist. Once the road is developed, it's going to affect our lifestyle. It's going to basically kill our culture.”

Speaker: Cyrus Harris
Timestamp: 16:16 – 16:42
Transcript: AIDEA Board Meeting Audio — September 22, 2026
Community: Alaska News
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Captured at: September 22, 2026

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One thing that that I know that once you have a road connecting a community to the outside world, you become urban. So what happens when we become urban? We end up back to zero and lose our rights to subsist. Once the road is developed, it's going to affect our lifestyle. It's going to basically kill our culture.

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