Trumps Order Silences Alaskan Native Voices

[Mike__M]

"There can be no other conclusion other than Alaska’s Tribes, and coastal Alaskans in particular, were targeted and silenced."

Trump’s Order Silences Alaskan Native Voices

Native American Rights Fund
April 28, 2017

Today President Trump, flanked by Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Representative Don Young, revoked a critically important Executive Order that we, 40 of Alaska’s coastal Tribes, had drafted and advocated for. Executive Order 13754: Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience, issued by President Obama on December 9, 2016, was the product of years of tireless work by local Alaskans, Tribes, and nonprofits who—when faced with the devastating effects of climate change and the dramatic increase of large scale shipping right on our front doorstep—sought to create a way for us to have a say in what happens in and to our waters. The key component of Order 13754 was the creation of the Bering Sea Intergovernmental Tribal Advisory Council. This Council gave us, local Alaskans who use the waters of the Bering Sea every day, a say in how the federal government managed those waters.

Today, the President took that away, along with all the other key components of the Order, including a provision to include traditional knowledge in federal decision-making. Now there is no seat at the table for Alaskans or our local knowledge. Alaska’s own congressional delegation stood by as local Alaskan voices were removed from decisions that affect our lives, and now we are at the mercy of federal decision-makers only. This does not benefit Alaska. Rather, it only benefits the federal government and private interests who will financially benefit from silencing our voices and taking or polluting the resources that we, as Alaskans, rely on.

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[northoftheborder]

1. That stinks.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Another gift to the Oil Companies.

And to a Gold Mining Company with Russian Interests.

[C_U_L8R]

3. What is the Inuit word for schmuck ?

[Lyricalinklines]

4. Incredulous!

[Kittycow]

5. I read a lot of the Mudflats blog when Palin appeared. .

to the point where I knew more about their politicians than my own state's. The power structure up there is really corrupt and of course, the gop is always elected.

I feel sorry for the Alaskans who have liberal values, even though they may not identify as liberals per se. (Especially when it comes to protecting their environment.)

[Runningdawg]

6. The more things change

the more they remain the same.
White Hairs breaking promises....

[pansypoo53219]

7. take him to court AGAIN.