All that the American West once was, Alaska still is ... Thompson and Ina Bouker have been net­ting salmon since they were kids, and al­though they're rooted in the subsistence tradition ...

Her goal is to protect subsistence salmon harvesting and create more access for subsistence fishers, many of whom are Alaska Native. “My mom says it’s genetic,” joked Towne. Her grandfather ...

Excerpted from The Native People of Alaska by Steve J ... was greatest among the eastern groups who had access to salmon and caribou. The Aleuts were a relatively long-lived people with a ...

Alaska created laws to protect subsistence practices. One law provided that people who use the land for subsistence should have priority over commercial users of the resource: if salmon or seals ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Native corporations are worried as the ... Our moose are scarce and our salmon numbers are lowering and grocery prices and gas prices are not affordable.

Salmon are critical for life in the predominantly Alaska Native communities along Alaska’s rural rivers, while trawl industry experts argue that their ships catch relatively few salmon ...

providing critical habitat for wildlife including salmon, brown and black bears, bald eagles, flying squirrels, goshawks, and Sitka black-tailed deer. These lands are integral to the ways of life for ...