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Mary Peltola: “The framework that Alaska natives work in under our…”

Featuring: Mary Peltola, Democratic | Former U.S. House Representative, Alaska At-Large

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Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) at National Congress of American Indians

Published | Video Starts at 07:45

It's funny when people here call it my district because it's the entire state of Alaska and it doesn't really feel like a house district. It's the size of a large country. And The framework that Alaska natives work in under our sovereignty is really unique, and it's really different. And it's not one that anyone of this, of my generation has chosen to work under that framework. That was a framework that we were born into and that we are working to make sure that we are represented as well. (07:45–07:54)

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Asserts that the sovereignty framework for Alaska Natives is unique and different.

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