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Only Native Alaskans that reside by the coast can hunt Federally protected Sea Mammals.
In 1970's the world came to an agreement to end Commercial Hunting of Marine Mammals. Native Alaskans, who , like Indians down South, are a separate Nation with in the US, as is Samoa and Puerto Rico. ( remember, in the Constitution, Indians are to be negotiated with, and besides that, because they were not citizens, war could be 'legally' waged on them, lands taken, etc.) They had representation and showed conclusively that they had a history of Subsistence (personal use) use of Marine Animals. Basically they eat Whales instead of boiling them down into oils for soap and such. Canada, Greenland, Fereo Islands, Iceland, Norway and Russia all have subsistence hunts as well.
Anyways, because the NAACP, the KKK, the Democratic Party and others failed to speak up for the ''others'' that were non Native Alaskan and keep their ''subsistence rights'
Native Alaskans do not have ''Special privileges'' so to say, its that they never lost theirs....... much like having a drivers license isnt a special privilege because someone else lost theirs to a DWI........

Theres no limit on how many Seals can be caught, but , again, its all shared out.Most people dont hunt the Ice Pack, but the ones taht do have something special and delicious , when they get it in the boat.
As well, theres a lower population of people here than 120 years ago, and the dog teams are gone, so 10-16 extra Seal/Caribou eating mouths are not munching down, and theres fewer hunters out there , altogether.





When the Native Corperations were formed to manage lands returned to those who owned them, these folks decided to keep Hunters Hunting and as much of their culture as they could. No fences, limited roads and the herds flow as they did 10,000 years ago......

But that, too, is subject to change...........

The girls have 2 rifle ranges of steel gongs set at 100 yard intervals, as well, we chuck wood in the river and shoot it as is moves, and moves further away, and thats good hunting type shooting practice, as well as good for markswomanship

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