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Jaeleen Kookesh
308:08 - 308:22
“they did finally address the importance of the traditional way of life for Alaska Native people, but they had trouble adopting an Alaska Native preference.”
- Speaker
- Jaeleen Kookesh
- Timestamp
- 308:08 – 308:22
- Transcript
- Facebook video 1118570150823121
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 23, 2026
From the transcript
Maybe half fulfilled. Partially fulfilled because it's not an Alaska Native preference or promise that was created in ANILCA. It's a rural preference. So if you look at Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, ANILCA, which was passed in 1980, they did finally address the importance of the traditional way of life for Alaska Native people, but they had trouble adopting an Alaska Native preference. Anilka.
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