Determination of Alaska Native Status Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (Box of Knowledge Series) - Softcover

Langdon Ph.D., Steve J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 194601964X ISBN 13: 9781946019646

Publisher: Sealaska Heritage Institute, 2021

Synopsis

The Indigenous people of Alaska, known now collectively as Alaska Natives, face many complex issues in the 21st century. Some of these issues are the result of federal legislation that has defined and constrained Alaska Natives in various ways while creating institutions to address the special relationship between Indigenous Alaskans and the federal government. Among the most difficult of the issues is establishing who is an Alaska Native because the term is defined differently for various purposes under federal legislation. Who is an Alaska Native, how does one know, and who decides is also critically important to establishing who is eligible to hunt marine mammals and create traditional handicrafts from marine mammal materials under the regulatory definitions of Alaska Native that have been adopted by federal agencies to implement the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The MMPA regulatory definitions emphasize 1/4 blood quantum as the primary criteria for identifying an Alaska Native. This report addresses issues associated with the question of defining who is an Alaska Native under the regulatory definitions of the MMPA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sealaska Heritage Institute
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 194601964X
• ISBN 13: 9781946019646
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140