Alaska Natives & Subsistence Rights
Alaska Natives, the indigenous peoples of Alaska, have fought for the right to maintain their subsistence lifestyle. "Subsistence" refers to the hunting, fishing, and gathering activities that are fundamental to the way of life of many Alaska Natives.
Before the arrival of non-Natives, subsistence was the only form of economic production used by Alaskan aboriginals to feed, clothe, and house their communities. Conducted in seasonal cycles by small, semi-nomadic bands within recognized territories, subsistence utilized traditional, small-scale technologies for harvesting and preserving foods as well as for distributing the produce through communal networks of sharing and bartering.
Today, the subsistence lifestyle continues to flourish in most parts of Alaska, helping to define the lives of Alaska Natives.
- Editorial: Subsistence rights, roles must be protected - Arctic Sounder - 6/24/09
- NARF Alaska Victorious in Four Cases - NARF - 10/5/07
- A Briefing on Subsistence and Other Alaska Native Issues - Civil Rights Monitor - Winter 2001
- Alaska Native Subsistence Rights Upheld in 9th Circuit - 6/28/01
- Alaska Torn Over Rights to Live Off the Land - New York Times - 7/12/99
- Timeline of Subsistence in Alaska - Kawerak, Inc.
- Modern Alaska: Subsistence - Alaska Humanities Forum
- The Subsistence Fishing Question - National Park Service
Alaska Native Sovereignty
- A Primer on Alaska Native Sovereignty - Law Offices of Douglas Kemp Mertz
- Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act of 1971 - University of Connecticut
- Indian Country: 2 Destinies, 1 Land - Anchorage Daily News - 6/29/97