3-9-16 Lt. Gov. Special Assistant Barbara Blake answers a question about transboundary mining while THCC VP Rob Sanderson Jr. listens at a Native Issues Form at EP Hall. – Photo by Ed Schoenfeld

Barbara Blake, special assistant to Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, answers a question about transboundary mining while Tlingit-Haida Central Council’s Rob Sanderson Jr. listens at a Native Issues Form on March 9, 2016, in Juneau. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)