Subsistence News-4/7/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Apr 04,95  8:51 AM          Delivered: Apr 07,95 10:00 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-4/7/95

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Message:

*The Federal Subsistence Board is scheduled to meet April 10-14, at the Anchorage Captain Cook Hotel. Draft agenda includes: status reports; action items; 1995-96 federal subsistence season and bag limit proposals; and customary & traditional use determinations for Kenai Peninsula, Upper Tanana, and proposed statewide process.

*A recent Alaska Senate Resources Committee meeting heard initial testimony from invited guests who supported a resolution to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) to clarify the definition of “public lands” in the act. Once the committee opened the meeting to the public, testimony against the resolution was overwhelming. Opponents of the resolution argued that the state should amend its own constitution to comply with ANILCA.

*As we know, a Tlingit or Haida leader could not force his kinsmen to provide him with food or furs, but as his juniors they were expected to show him respect by sharing their catch with him.

*The leader, in turn, was expected to share with them his special knowledge of the land and its inhabitants, as well as his hunting magic believed to be superior to that of others.