Subsistence News-6/16/95

To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Jun 16,95  7:31 AM          Delivered: Jun 16,95 10:22 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-6/16/95

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Message:

*Lane Taylor, of Alaska Herbal Products (Juneau), has withdrawn his application for special use permit to commercially collect plants from the Tongass NF. He had planned to harvest 13 species of plants from the Juneau-Haines areas.

*The Native community strongly objected to Taylor’s plan. They were worried the two person enterprise would escalate into a large scale harvest.

*One person summarized their objection to the harvest and use as “traditional knowledge regarding the proper harvesting and use of indigenous plants was cultural and intellectual property owned by the Tlingit and Haida people.” Others wanted to be able to exercise their present and future rights to subsistence on traditional resources.

*The Makah tribe of Washington has requested assistance from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in developing hunting guidelines for the taking of up to 5 gray whales each year. The whales are used for food and in ceremonies.

*Hubert Markishtum writes that…”Reestablishing a ceremonial and\ subsistence whale hunt would be a catalyst which would allow us to instill on our young people the traditional values which have held our people together over the centuries.”