>> i think he is against women's rights and including native rights. >> reporter: and that's the other huge issue working against kavanaugh, and likely weighing on senator murkowski's mind, native rights. in a case that went to the u.s. supreme court, kavanaugh questioned whether the constitutional protections given to native american tribes should also be given to native hawaiians. people here think that bodes poorly for them. >> how concerned are you that native alaskans' rights could be taken away if brett kavanaugh ends up on the supreme court? >> very concerned. it's our way of life. >> reporter: alaskan natives considering themselves a modest people. but many of them are not particularly modest about the political influence they believe they hold, which they think senator lisa murkowski needs to keep in mind. just last week, indigenous alaskans were arrested, while protesting outside the washington, d.c. office of alaska's other u.s. senator, dan sullivan. nobody expects sullivan to vote