Celebrating Wins!

Supporting the United Tribes of Bristol Bay (UTBB) at the White House to celebrate the protection of Bristol Bay.

"Native Movement was invited by our partners at United Tribes of Bristol Bay (UTBB) to celebrate the protection of Bristol Bay with President Biden at the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. I was honored to represent our team and celebrate with many who have worked for over 20 years to protect Bristol Bay. One of the highlights was witnessing Alannah Hurley, Executive Director of UTBB and one of our Native Movement advisory board members, introduce President Biden. Alannah has been a community builder and humble leader for many years; she and UTBB leadership have been an inspiration and model of advocacy that consistently holds to their values. 

There continues to be many other threats to Alaskan lands, waters, and Native ways of life and I am holding on to this win as a reminder that proposed harmful development is not a “done-deal”; they are not the normal that we must just accept. Across the state, communities are organizing to build careful and needed pathways of beauty, safety, and liberation. I celebrate the many community builders and their relentless hope and commitment to defending their ways of life and the rights of Mother Earth.”

- Enei Begaye, Executive Director

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