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Senate committee opens Anchorage roundtable to refine draft Native Children legislative package
Summary
Sen. Lisa Murkowski hosted a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs roundtable in Anchorage to gather input on a draft legislative package responding to the Alice Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children’s report; the committee will accept public comments for four weeks before further drafting.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a roundtable in Anchorage to solicit feedback on a draft legislative package aimed at implementing recommendations from the Alice Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children. “This is our first event on the draft legislative package that we have pulled together in response to the Native Children's Commission's report,” said Senator Lisa Murkowski, chair of the committee, calling the draft “a living document.”
The draft, posted on the committee’s website, follows the commission’s February 2024 final report The Way Forward. Murkowski said the committee will accept public comments for an additional four weeks and will…
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