Nome’s landscape is physically altered, with raw material scattered wildly, the coastline reconfigured, and camps that anchored generations of subsistence either flattened or gone.
Subsistence
Disaster response presents an early test for Alaska’s Rep. Peltola
She wants people in the nation’s capital to know of all the vehicles damaged in the storm and how important they are to a family’s food security.
To center Yup’ik culture, a Southwest Alaska school district has adopted a subsistence calendar
“We don’t want our future generations to forget who we are,” one school board member said. “We want to educate them about our ancestors and how they survived in this harsh environment.”
Watch: With the salmon collapse on the Yukon River, families are losing a vital food source and way of life
Subsistence fishing for the two main salmon species, king and chum, has been closed for two summers due to record low runs.
Aniak Traditional Council rescinds its support for the Donlin Gold mine
The tribe’s withdrawal removes a longtime pillar of support for the project.
Court rules with Metlakatla in case challenging Alaska state fishing regulations
The decision is a major victory in the tribe’s decades-long fight for fishing rights.