The International Whaling Commission (IWC) allows for whaling on otherwise protected animals when it is conducted by certain indigenous people to satisfy subsistence needs. The rules for aboriginal ...

“We don't think about subsistence as merely a quantifiable event. Subsistence is a whole structure, it's a way of life,” says Haliehana Alaĝum Ayagaa Stepetin, Unangax̂. (Haliehana Alaĝum Ayagaa ...

A recent opinion piece in the Anchorage Daily News by Tom Kizzia (“The last refuge”) draws a flawed historical parallel by equating Alaska Native organizations’ reliance on federal intervention for ...

Caribou from the Mulchatna herd cross a frozen pond near Eek Lake. According to the latest Arctic report card, inland herds aren't recovering from shifts in climate that impact access to food. A ...

The Kennaitze people have been fishing for subsistence in and around Cook Inlet for millennia. Sam Schimmel documents how his Indigenous community’s tradition of subsistence fishing continues. This ...

"Subsistence' is the word used to describe a traditional way of life among many Alaska Natives. In a physical sense, it refers to the practice of relying on the surrounding environment as a source of ...

State game managers reduced bag limits for subsistence and nonresident hunters this week to preserve the declining Western Arctic Caribou Herd. The Alaska Board of Game concluded its meeting in ...