The federal government says 98% of rural Alaskans catch, hunt or gather at least some of their food. And much of that happens during the school year. Now, students in Skagway are calling on their ...

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 ...

“We don't think about subsistence as merely a quantifiable event. Subsistence is a whole structure, it's a way of life,” says Haliehana Alaĝum Ayagaa Stepetin, Unangax̂. (Haliehana Alaĝum Ayagaa ...

Scientists say that subsistence hunting in Neotropical rain forests -- the mainstay of local people as a source of protein and a direct connection to these ecosystems -- is in jeopardy from a variety ...

"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 ...