Defend Alaska Native Sovereignty, Salmon, Sacred Lands — No Land Grabs,Pollution

We, the undersigned Alaska Native peoples, allies, and protectors of the land and water, demand immediate action to defend our sovereign rights, our sacred lands and waters, and our traditional ways of life from destructive amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) and other federal policies that threaten to open Native and public lands to pollution, exploitation, and displacement. Our lands are not for sale. Our waters are not for drilling. Our future is not negotiable. Current proposals and federal efforts seek to: Amend ANCSA to weaken land protections and enable corporate and industrial exploitation. Open Alaska Native and public lands to oil drilling, mining, industrial logging, and data farms. Permit offshore drilling and seabed mining in Alaskan waters and the Arctic Ocean — threatening marine ecosystems, food security, and cultural survival. Dismantle or privatize public lands by altering ownership structures or weakening public law, putting ancestral homelands and ecosystems at risk. Undermine protections for marine mammals, salmon, old-growth forests, and clean water. We demand: No amendments to ANCSA or any federal law that weakens Native land rights or opens lands and waters to extractive industries without free, prior, and informed consent. No offshore oil drilling or seabed mining in or near Alaska's coastal waters, including the Arctic Ocean. No changes to the ownership or legal status of U.S. public lands, including National Forests, refuges, or coastal zones. A federal ban on industrial logging in old-growth forests, including the Tongass. Full protection of salmon runs, marine mammals, and Indigenous subsistence hunting and fishing rights. Strong, enforceable environmental justice laws that require polluters to clean up land, water, and air — with real penalties. A transition away from fossil fuels, guided by climate science and Indigenous knowledge. Permanent recognition of tribal governments and Native stewardship, with funding and legal power to protect lands beyond corporate models set by ANCSA. We will not allow a return to colonial land theft disguised as “development.” We will not allow our sacred lands, clean waters, or cultural lifeways to be sacrificed for short-term extraction and long-term devastation. We call on all federal lawmakers and agencies, to stand with Indigenous peoples and honor our rights, treaties, and future.