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Quoted moments from Alaska public meetings, hearings, and press conferences.

Clips from Tanana Chiefs ConferenceClear
0:36
Treg Taylor“Those— the two managers of assistance fishing game is not working. It doesn't work at all. The federal management of federal users picks winners and losers, and everybody else upriver doesn't get their fish”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:46
Dave Bronson“Certainly trawling in the open ocean is an issue because we don't have fish in the river and we see the cultural failure upriver that's happening because I think we're on year 7 of no fishing”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:14
Crystal Jones“Hopefully banning— we need to ban trawling in-state waters and hopefully even beyond the 3-mile mark, but also make sure that we're setting limits on bycatch.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:45
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“there's been some litigation between the state of Alaska and the federal government that I undermine subsistence that really concerns me. I would not pursue or continue that litigation if I were governor”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:23
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“making sure that there's a rural and Native perspective on the North Pacific Council is another priority for me.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:32
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“I want to appoint people in the North Pacific Council who are going to lead on bycatch reduction, making Alaskans, making sure Alaskans and not Seattle corporate interests benefit from our fisheries resources.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

1:04
Joy Huntington“we have 26 days until the election.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:14
Joy Huntington“It's the only non-statewide race that we're highlighting in our candidate forum series, and it's because the majority of our villages are in House District 36.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:16
Treg Taylor“we need to have rural and Alaska Native voices on our deciding bodies when it comes to Fish and Game, and so that's a priority.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:34
Rebecca Schwanke“I think being a younger candidate, never having run for any sort of council or board, or, you know, serving in that capacity, I think it's really brave”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:10
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“I care a lot about habitat damage too from bottom trawl gear, and that's been an issue I've really advocated on.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:12
Dave Bronson“there's other things we can do, like the limited entry permits. 60% Of them come from Washington and Oregon. We need to bring those permits home. Those need to go to Alaskans.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:34
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins“I think the Katie John decision is, is incredibly important, and respecting that precedent is incredibly important.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:45
Joy Huntington“I feel like you have set the bar very high, and I, I'm really glad to hear that, you know, as you work through this campaign, you know, you've, you've been, you know, kind towards each other as much as, as much as possible.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:48
Crystal Jones“In a perfect world for me, I would ban all trawling, not just for the bycatch issue, but also for the environmental effects, both bottom and mid-water trawling”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:42
Joy Huntington“we're really glad to, you know, several candidates here have mentioned that they did not, you know, chose not to accept money from from the trawling industry.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:22
Crystal Jones“She has been nothing but incredibly kind and friendly every time I have met her. And so thank you for making this feel like a very safe, uh, opportunity.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:20
Crystal Jones“Right now we're dealing with rising grocery prices, gas and diesel, heating costs, and an unreliable Permanent Fund dividend. And so I think that the legislature needs to do— enact some positive changes so that we have a manageable cost of living.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:10
Crystal Jones“I am all for banning trawling in state waters and setting bycatch limits outside of that area.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:27
Rebecca Schwanke“So to do this, I helped support the bulk fuel loan program cap increase last year. Another avenue supporting our village projects on the renewable energy fund list— last year I worked hard to ensure the $3 million Alakaket solar and battery project the $1.2 million Healy geothermal project.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:12
Crystal Jones“I do think that we should treat tribal knowledge as a government entity and not just have public comment sections when it comes to projects.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:13
Crystal Jones“Expanding the PCE program to include businesses will help keep grocery costs down and then supporting local food and resource independence as well.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:22
Rebecca Schwanke“I pledge to work with the next governor, whoever it is, to appoint the right people to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council. We just can't have any more commercial or trawling ties on that, on that council.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:25
Crystal Jones“So if people, if we are needing to limit fishing, it needs to be the boats, not the people that are fishing to feed their families. Subsistence is really important.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:31
Rebecca Schwanke“To me, improving salmon returns is one of my key goals, so I co-sponsored Cronk's anti-trawl bill in the House to benefit our upper river villages, and I regularly engage with trawlers and our commercial folks, happy to always push back on their sustainability claims.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:29
Treg Taylor“the PCE program obviously is a big, is a big help in the rural communities, But the PCE costs are tied to the cost of energy along the rail belt, and the cost of energy along the rail belt continues to increase. So we've got to get that under control”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:17
Dave Bronson“I too haven't taken any money from the trawling industry because this is such a, again, a problematic issue. We've got to get to more. It's more fish.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:10
Crystal Jones“when I first signed up to run, I was so scared. I was like, Becky's gonna come to my house and she's gonna yell at me. And she never did that.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - State Candidates ·

0:32

Savannah Hamill

“While ranked choice voting encourages candidates to appeal to a broader range of Alaskans. For Interior Alaska Native communities, representation matters. Discussions made by elected officials can have significant impacts on issues including subsistence, public safety, infrastructure, healthcare, and the well-being of rural communities. We support a no on Ballot Measure 2.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 68 ·

0:36

Savannah Hamill

“This year's general election ballot also includes Ballot Measure 2, which would repeal Alaska's open primary and ranked choice general election system. TCC's Executive Board approved a resolution in 2024 and again in 2026 supporting Alaskans' open primary and ranked choice voting system. TCC believes open primaries give voters more opportunities to support candidates who represent their priorities regardless of a political party.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: TCC Weekly Episode 68 ·

0:35
Bill Hill“We need to make sure that Medicaid is protected. It's some very important programs, including ones that your organization runs, are important to reducing the impact of suicide in our communities.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:52
Sharon Hildebrand“we had one candidate respond back, and we're really glad that we are able to provide this opportunity to our region.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:12
Bill Hill“I spent 25 years as an educator. It is an issue that affects every single community, even my own family. And, you know, we really need the resources to deal with this.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:26
Bill Hill“Those things impact Alaskans directly, and those are direct outcomes of haphazard tariffs.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:09
Bill Hill“I'm all about co-management, tribal representation, and I'll do the work to start getting some of those things working for Alaskans.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:15
Scott Kendall“this is from a memo drafted by Governor Dunleavy's own Attorney General, which concedes this ballot measure will get rid of our ban on dark money and allow anonymous money into our elections.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:32
Scott Kendall“we have seen that. We currently have the most racially diverse legislature we've ever had and the most women elected we've ever had. And for the first time ever, one of our bodies, the House, is actually majority women.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:58
Joy Huntington“Ballot Measure 2 is an initiative to repeal a nonpartisan and open top-4 primary election system and ranked-choice general election system and to reestablish a partisan political primary and change necessary and related appointment procedures, reestablish special runoff elections, and repeal and amend independent expenditure group requirements.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:12
Bill Hill“We have a right to subsistence. It needs to be protected. We need to use the tools at our hands to solve this problem, and I'll do that work.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:17
Scott Kendall“Both of them have donated millions to Yes on 2, but the only reason we know they did that is because of the very law that they're trying to repeal, which is the ban on dark money.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:05
Bill Hill“Thank you again for being here. Thank you for the invite, and I hope to be your next congressman.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:23
Bill Hill“this another never-ending war in the Middle East, in Iran, has just driven up the cost of living here in this state, especially around fuel, because everything costs more when fuel goes up. So I will work against, I will work against the war in Iran.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:10
Bill Hill“And as your federal representative, I'd work to make— ensure that there is tribal representatives, on that board, a tribally designated seat.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:29
Bill Hill“I will push for very strict low bycatch limits and real accountability, and if operations cannot meet those limits, then they shouldn't be fishing in our waters. We need stronger monitoring, We need stronger enforcement, and we need a tribal seat on the North Pacific Management Council”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:25
Bill Hill“I'm a Dena'ina Athabascan out of Bristol Bay. My hometown is Naknek, the home of the greatest sockeye salmon run in the world.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:23
Bill Hill“I believe we need the state constitution to come in line with what ANILCA has asked or what ANILCA represents, which is there needs to be a rural subsistence priority.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

1:22
Joy Huntington“the current system has broadened the opportunity for Alaska Native people to run for and be elected to public office, and has rewarded candidates who work across party lines on the issues that matter most to rural Alaska. And whereas disclosure of the true source of election spending protects tribes and rural communities from undisclosed outside money seeking to shape state decisions about our lands, waters, and way of life. And whereas the current system gives Alaska voters more freedom more choice, and a stronger voice in their government, and TCC has no interest in returning to a system in which a small, closed electorate selects the leaders who govern all Alaskans. Now therefore be it resolved that the Tanana Chiefs Conference Executive Board opposes Ballot Measure 2 and urges all Alaskans to vote no on Ballot Measure 2 and the November 3rd, 2026 general election.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

0:23
Scott Kendall“This is the language that makes it, that specifically gives each political party the power to make it illegal for nonpartisan or undeclared voters to vote in primary elections.”

Tanana Chiefs Conference: Rural Alaska Candidate Forum - Federal Candidates ·

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