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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Montana declared more than 50 years ago that the rivers and…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Published | Video Starts at 17:12

And in every generation, this state has had ordinary people here stand up and fight back. It was Montana that … Montana declared more than 50 years ago that the rivers and streams belong to the people. … States government accountable for the harm it caused our Native American brothers and sisters and the land that it took from them. That is Montana. (17:12–17:17)

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Asserts that Montana's constitution declares rivers and streams belong to the people.

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