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3/28/12 News - Southeast Alaska tribes raise objections to a gold and copper mine; Hundreds enjoy traditional Native and other food at the Ca'mai Festival Potluck in Bethel; U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski questions TSA's cultural sensitivity

By Joaqlin Estus

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Anchorage, AK – The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and the Ketchikan Indian Community, presented resolutions to the Federal Subsistence Board objecting to the KSM Mine near the Canadian border, saying it threatens eulachon subsistence fisheries. Ca'mai festival goers enjoy home-made foods at a potluck for hundreds in Bethel. Alaska's U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski questions the cultural sensitivity of the TSA after being told to remove her kuspuk, a lightweight traditional Eskimo top.