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Jaeleen Kookesh

311:05 - 311:16

“I will say that there were over 30 attempts to amend the state constitution to try to bring the state in alignment with ANILCA. None of them passed.”
Speaker
Jaeleen Kookesh
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage
Captured at
October 23, 2026

From the transcript

And thank you for bearing with me if you already knew this, but a lot of people actually don't know this information. They don't teach it in our schools. A lot of our young people don't know this. Um, I will say that there were over 30 attempts to amend the state constitution to try to bring the state in alignment with ANILCA. None of them passed.

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