Protection of Alaska Native Customary and Traditional Hunting and Fishing Rights Through Title VIII of ANILCA

Authors

John Sky Starkey

Abstract

This paper analyzes the degree to which the administration of Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980 protects customary and traditional hunting and fishing by Alaska Natives and their tribal communities. A recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) entered into by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Kuskokwim Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (KRITFC) for co-management of subsistence fisheries will be used as a means to analyze the issue. This paper concludes with suggestions for improving the administration of Title VIII to better secure Alaska Native and Tribal rights for self-determination.

Citation

John Sky Starkey, Protection of Alaska Native Customary and Traditional Hunting and Fishing Rights Through Title VIII of ANILCA, 33 Alaska Law Review 315-328 (2016)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/alr/vol33/iss2/8