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Alaska's subsistence management regimes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Richard A. Caulfield
Richard A. Caulfield
Affiliation:
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Rural Development Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA
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Abstract

Alaskans disagree sharply over the issue of a subsistence priority for hunting and fishing by rural residents, including most Alaskan Eskimos, Aleuts, and Indians. The issue highlights competing visions of Alaska's future; one based upon Euroamerican values and the other on indigenous rights and customary law. Recent political and legal developments, particularly the Alaska Supreme Court's 1989 McDowell decision invalidating the state of Alaska's rural priority, have undermined significantly subsistence protections. Failure of the state to restore this priority led the US federal government to take over subsistence management under provisions of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (PL 96–487). For Alaska's indigenous peoples, these events make clear the limitations of relying solely on state and federal governments for protecting subsistence. Efforts are underway to strengthen tribal governments and assert limited jurisdiction over hunting and fishing. A major goal is to achieve standing for negotiations with state and federal authorities over future co-management of subsistence resources.

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Polar Record , Volume 28 , Issue 164 , January 1992 , pp. 23 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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