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The core argument in “They Came but Could Not Conquer” is that Alaska Natives have turned to Western judicial systems that ...
It's a hundred years of fishing, and trapping, and sort of casual engagement with the market economy, poof, gone. Overnight." Today, Alaska Natives account for just over 15 percent of the total ...
fishing and foraging throughout the state. Beyond these practices, Alaska Natives share a set of values that have been painstakingly preserved, embodied and handed down—values like remaining ...
The Limited Entry Act was created to manage open-access chaos. When Alaska gained statehood in 1959, there were no limits to who could fish. This led to ballooning participation, and by the early ...
The Susitna is listed among the nation’s most endangered rivers; the report cites threats posed by the proposed West Susitna ...
An Escanaba native who was working on a fishing vessel in Alaska has been found dead. Jacob Riley Veeser, 28, began working ...
which is critical to Alaska Native culture and rural food security, has suffered in turn, whether it involves Iñupiaq whale hunts, Gwich’in caribou harvest or Tlingit salmon fishing.