Safari Club International petitioned for the review and wants the subsistence board to give deference to state wildlife ...

According to a notice published Dec. 15 in the Federal Register, the Interior Department is conducting “a targeted review” of ...

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) allows for whaling on otherwise protected animals when it is conducted by certain indigenous people to satisfy subsistence needs. The rules for aboriginal ...

After the Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 premiere of "One With the Whale" at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, the Apassingok family received a standing ovation from the crowd. (Ava White/KNOM) ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - While the nation honors those who fought for freedom, another legacy of World War II continues to be a challenge in Hawaii: unexploded munitions in some of Hawaii’s most ...

The federal government has won a permanent injunction against the state of Alaska in a case important to subsistence fishing rights. U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason ruled Friday that state ...

"Subsistence' is the word used to describe a traditional way of life among many Alaska Natives. In a physical sense, it refers to the practice of relying on the surrounding environment as a source of ...

[Quick Correction: Last week’s Full Belly Files was missing a critical paragraph when emailed, so here is the full version posted online in case you didn’t see it.] Editor’s Note: An updated version ...