My predecessor, Congressman young, knew this was an injustice and championed this bill all his years in the Congress. The landless bill's historic progress this Congress is a product of his tireless spirit and the hard work of a bipartisan group of Alaskans. including one of our witnesses, Tashi Richard Reinhardt. Most recently, the bill received an endorsement from the Wilderness Society, an important recognition by a leading environmental group that there is nothing more pro environment than Alaska native stewardship of Alaska native lands. (00:50–01:10)
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