To   Subsistence 2

From:      Larry Roberts:R10F02A

Postmark:  Aug 31,94  7:58 AM          Delivered: Sep 09,94 10:01 AM

Status:    Previously read

Subject: Subsistence News-9/9/94

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Message:

*Most subsistence communities have customary rules for treating the land and the ecosystem.

*Rules have been passed down through successive generations: “Do not waste”; “Take only what is needed”; “treat the animals with respect”; “Do not damage the land without cause”; and many more.

*It is generally believed that if these laws are followed, then the land and ecosystem will continue to provide.

*Although they may not use the terms, subsistence people are the original land & resource managers because their lives depended on it.

*Many rural residents commonly obey two sets of laws–those set down by the State and Federal administration, and those handed down from their forefathers as customary law.