Finding some types of ammunition has been tough recently, amid supply shortages and rumors of hoarding.
Subsistence
Metlakatla takes fishing rights dispute to federal appeals court
The Metlakatla Indian Community tribal government argues that a 1891 law gives its modern-day members unfettered rights to commercially fish around Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island.
Sitka Tribe’s shellfish lab honored for safeguarding traditional foods
The lab tests samples from 17 communities in Southeast, as well as from tribes on Kodiak Island.
Dunleavy administration loses lawsuit over Kake subsistence hunt
The Southeast tribal government in Kake had organized the deer and moose harvest early in the pandemic out of concerns about food security.
Alaska without ANCSA? Look to Metlakatla.
Metlakatla Indian Community is the only federal reserve in Alaska and is not a part of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
Alaska author’s new book follows life among Arctic caribou herds
In the last several years, Seth Kantner has gathered images and stories from the caribou herds that live near his home on the south side of the Brooks Range.